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- Title: Brown v. Odom
- Author : United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.
- Release Date : January 05, 1995
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 49 KB
Description
The Spartanburg, South Carolina police, responding to a call regarding a forgery in progress, attempted to apprehend Ronnie Lee Brown, who was exiting the store in which the crime had taken place. After a chase, Brown was arrested and brought by the police to the city jail. He complained of being hot and of having trouble breathing, and his mother indicated that he suffered from asthma. After consulting with a supervisor, the officer who had transported Brown to the police station took him to the hospital, where Brown later died of acute respiratory arrest. Browns representative brought an action against the officers who initially chased Brown and those who took him to the hospital, claiming a violation of the Due Process Clause based on their deliberate indifference to Browns serious medical needs. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants, and the plaintiff has appealed.