Legal Opinion
Keith Ex Rel. Estate of Cook v. DeKalb County
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 23, 2014No. 13-11250PublishedCited by 349 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
On January 7, 2009, Godfrey Cook, a pretrial detainee, was murdered in the De-Kalb County Jail, in Decatur, Georgia, by another pretrial detainee, Saleevan Adan. Eighteen months later, Nadine Keith, the administrator of Cook’s estate, and Cook’s two adult children brought this action for money damages under both federal and state statutory law against DeKalb County, the DeKalb County District Attorney’s office, the former District Attorney and two of her employees, the DeKalb County Sheriff, and several correctional officers at the Jail. 1 Keith sought relief against…
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