Melton v. Abston, No. 15-11412 (11th Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff, formerly a pretrial detainee, filed suit against defendants under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs. The district court granted summary judgment for defendants. The court concluded that, viewing the record in the light most favorable to plaintiff, there is evidence that defendant had a serious medical need for treatment after he fell, broke his left humerus, dislocated the hardware in his arm, and began to experience severe pain. The court affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment for Dr. Fowler and Deputy Booth; reversed the grant of summary judgment for Nurse Ray, Dr. Sullivan, Sheriff Abston, Deputy Abston, Chief Deputy Carr, and Deputy Ellis; and held that Sheriff Abston and the deputy defendants are immune from suit in their official capacities as Alabama state officials.
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