Legal Opinion
Shaver Ex Rel. Estate of Shaver v. Brimfield Township
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 8, 2015No. 15-3089UnpublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.
Following his arrest for shoplifting DVDs from a Wal-Mart in Brimfield Township, Ohio, Portage County took Mark Shaver' into custody in the early hours of November 2, 2010. During his stay at the Portage County Jail, Shaver, a self-identified daily heroin user, showed several signs of possible opiate withdrawal, including diarrhea, elevated blood pressure and pulse, nausea, sweating, and vomiting. Yet, other than regularly monitoring Shaver’s condition, the Jail’s correctional officers and privately contracted nurses took no steps to regulate his withdrawal through…
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