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COLEY v. LUCAS COUNTY, OHIO

Nos. 14-3134, 14-3136, 14-3137.

799 F.3d 530 (2015)

Denise M. COLEY, Administrator of the estate of Carlton L. Benton; DeCarlos A. Benton; M.L., a minor; Carla Benton, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LUCAS COUNTY, OHIO, et al., Defendants, John E. Gray (14-3134); Jay M. Schmeltz (14-3136); James A. Telb (14-3137), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 21, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Joseph S. Simpson , Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellant in 14-3134. Thomas J. Antonini , Robison, Curphey & O'Connell, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellant in 14-3136. Dennis A. Lyle , Anspach Meeks Ellenberger LLP, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellant in 14-3137. Aparesh Paul , Levin & Associates Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Joseph S. Simpson , Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellant in 14-3134. Thomas J. Antonini , Robison, Curphey & O'Connell, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellant in 14-3136. Dennis A. Lyle , Anspach Meeks Ellenberger LLP, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellant in 14-3137. Aparesh Paul , Joel Levin , Levin & Associates Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees.

Before: SILER, SUTTON, and STRANCH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

The family of Carlton Benton, a pretrial detainee, was told that he died of natural causes in the Lucas County jail in 2004. This case, alleging claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law, was brought in 2008 when family members discovered that jail employees had shoved Benton to a cement floor...

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