Legal Opinion

Michele Rafferty v. Trumbull Cty., Ohio

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided February 15, 2019No. 17-4223PublishedCited by 232 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLAY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Charles Drennen appeals the decision of the district court denying him summary judgment on Plaintiff Katie Sherman's Eighth Amendment claim brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . For the reasons stated below, this Court AFFIRMS the district court.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Factual History

Sherman was incarcerated at the Trumbull County Jail from November 18, 2013 to April 30, 2014. During Sherman's incarceration, Drennen worked at the Trumbull County Jail as a corrections officer. Drennen was regularly assigned to patrol the pod where Sherman lived with Michele Rafferty,…

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