HUNTLEY v. CRISCO

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA SHANTA M. HUNTLEY, as Personal ) Representative of the Estate of RUFUS ) ALTON HUNTLEY, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) 1:18-CV-744 ) SHERIFF JEFF CRISCO, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Catherine C. Eagles, District Judge. In 2016, Rufus Huntley, died while detained in custody awaiting trial after failing to appear in court on a misdemeanor charge. His estate has sued the Sheriff of Stanly County and others over the lack of medical care he received while incarcerated in the county jail. Three of the…