United States Sixth Circuit

District court properly dismissed a section 1983 claim brought by the estate of a man who died in police custody after secretly ingesting cocaine upon his arrest. Even if he did receive constitutionally inadequate medical care, there is no evidence that defendant's policy regarding the provision of medical care to prisoners was the "moving force" behind that constitutional violation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/10/2004
• Published 02/10/2004

Judges

• Before:  KEITH, MARTIN, and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Hugh M. Davis, Jr. (argued and briefed), Cynthia Heenan, Constitutional Litigation Associates, Detroit, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Raymond W. Morganti, Siemion, Huckabay, Bodary, Padilla, Morganti & Bowerman, Southfield, MI, Cynthia L. Reach (argued and briefed), Reach, Ranney & Carpenter, Ann Arbor, MI, for Defendant-Appellee.