Legal Opinion
Boyd v. Robeson County
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided March 15, 2005No. COA03-1222Published
1Opinion of the Court
GEER, Judge.
This appeal arises out of a five-day episode at the Robeson County Detention Center, during which, according to plaintiff Daphne Boyd, she was denied adequate medical treatment for a ruptured appendix despite her constant complaints of pain and pleas for assistance. Defendants Sheriff Glenn Maynor and the individual detention officers appeal from the trial court's order denying their motions for partial summary judgment, contending primarily that (1) they are not "persons" amenable to suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) and (2) the trial court erred in *298failing to hold that…
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