Legal Opinion
Sanderfer v. Nichols
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 8, 1995No. 94-1368PublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.
The defendant, Nancy Jansen, appeals the district court’s denial of her summary judgment motion based on qualified immunity. The plaintiffs decedent, Tony Clayton, died while in the Oakland County, Michigan, jail and the plaintiff brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against defendants Oakland County, John Nichols, individually and as Sheriff of Oakland County, and Jansen, as a clinical health specialist at the jail.1 The district *153court granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment as to Oakland County only. The plaintiff subsequently dismissed defendant Nichols…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by144 opinions
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