United States Eighth Circuit

In an civil rights action against a sheriff, denial of defendant's motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity is affirmed where a jury could conclude that defendant's inaction and failure to respond to plaintiff's decedent's objective medical symptoms or his request for medical care constituted deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/06/2009
• Published 03/06/2009

Judges

• KYLE, District Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, BEAM, Circuit Judge, and KYLE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jason E. Owens, argued, Michael R. Rainwater, on the brief, Little Rock, AR, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lawrence W. Jackson, argued, Marion, AR, Kent L. Rubens, on the brief, West Memphis, AR, for appellee.