Legal Opinion
Smith v. Atkins
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided February 22, 2011No. 5:09-ct-3064PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JAMES C. DEVER, III, District Judge.
On March 28, 2007, at approximately 12:15 a.m., Demittarus Pernell Burden (then age 29) (“Burden” or “decedent”), committed suicide in the Bertie-Martin Regional Jail. On March 12, 2009, Burden’s mother Mattie Smith (“Smith”), individually and as personal representative for Burden’s estate, and Oprah Jackson (“Jackson”), the mother and next friend of Burden’s four minor children (collectively “plaintiffs”), filed this action in Bertie County Superior Court [D.E. 1-9]. Plaintiffs sought relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in counts one, two, and three and…
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