Marsh v. Butler County, Ala., No. 99-12813 (11th Cir.) (225 F.3d 1243) (September 7, 2000) (Judge Rosemary Barkett)
Loaded on Oct. 1, 2000
published in Punch and Jurists
October 23, 2000
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Immunity - Absolute and Qualified.
Here the 11th Circuit reversed the dismissal of a civil rights lawsuit brought by two former prisoners against a Sheriff, holding that her appalling deliberate indifference to the medical needs of the plaintiffs precluded the defense of qualified immunity.
This case deals with the defense of qualified immunity; but it ...
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