United States Eighth Circuit

Pursuant to an answer provided by the Arkansas Supreme Court, which adopted the deliberate indifference standard of care to be applied under state law to pre-trial detainees, the district court's application of the deliberate indifference standard to plaintiff's claim under the Arkansas Civil Rights Act is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/26/2007
• Published 04/26/2007

Judges

• BEAM, Circuit Judge., Before ARNOLD, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Luther Oneal Sutter, argued, Little Rock, AR, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ralph Charles Ohm, argued, Hot Springs, AR, for appellees, McAllister and Porter., Nga Ostoja-Starzewski, argued, North Little Rock, AR, for appellee Sharum.