Legal Opinion
Joe Marsh, Leroy Owens v. Butler County, Alabama, the Butler County Commission
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 26, 2001No. 99-12813PublishedCited by 578 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge;
This case is about Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the defense of qualified immunity.1 We first decide whether Plaintiffs have sufficiently stated a claim against a County, its gov*1022erning body, and its Sheriff for deliberate indifference to unsafe conditions at the county jail and for deliberate indifference to the serious medical needs of Plaintiff Owens following an assault. And if so, we then must decide whether the stated claims survive in the face of an asserted defense of qualified immunity. The district court dismissed the case…
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