Legal Opinion
Belcher v. City of Foley
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 2, 1994No. Nos. 93-6654, 93-6704PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
Rocky L. Belcher committed suicide slightly more than two hours after he was arrested and placed in jail at the Foley, Alabama, police station. Mr. Belcher’s mother, Sharon Ann Belcher, acting as the administratrix of her son’s estate, sued the City of Foley, Foley’s Chief of Police, and three Foley police officers, alleging claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Alabama’s wrongful death statute, Ala.Code Ann. § 6-5-410 (1993). The individual defendants moved for summary judgment, raising qualified immunity defenses to the section 1983 claims against them in their individual…
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