Legal Opinion
Gibbs v. Grimmette
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 15, 2001No. 98-60644, 98-60809PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:
This case involves a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by Appellant Lenard G. Gibbs, a pretrial detainee, against Sheriff Mack Grimmette, two county deputies, and three nurses from the Bolivar County Department of Health for failure to administer Gibbs a tuberculosis skin test. Gibbs appeals from the district court’s order granting Sheriff Grimmette’s motion for summary judgment and the court’s order granting the remaining defendants’ motion for judgment as a matter of law.
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Lenard Gibbs was confined in the Bolivar County Jail in Bolivar County, Mississippi from…
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