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OH State Court Must Determine Immunity Before Suit Filed; Guards Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity in Prisoner's Death

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that guards at the Southern Ohio
Correctional Facility sued by the estate of a prisoner--who was beat to
death by the guards--are not entitled to qualified immunity; that before
the District Court can accept a pendent jurisdiction of a wrongful death
claim, a ...

 

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