Sawyer v. Collins

As discussed below, the United States District Court for the Southern District of *1005Alabama, Northern Division (“the district court”), has certified to this Court a question pursuant to Rule 18, Ala. R.App. P. I dissent from this Court’s decision to decline to answer the question.

The district court explained the facts of this case as follows in its certification to this Court:

“Plaintiff Johnnie Mae Sawyer is the personal representative of the Estate of Arthur Waters, a deceased Alabama prisoner. Defendant James Hood was the Perry County Sheriff during' the time of Waters’ incarceration;…