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HOWARD T. LINDEN, as Personal Representative of the
Estate of Timesha Beauchamp,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
CITY OF SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN; MICHAEL STORMS,
SCOTT RICKARD, PHILLIP MULLIGAN, and JAKE KROLL,
in their individual capacities, jointly and severally,
Defendants-Appellees. |
No. 22-1681 |
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit.
No. 2:20-cv-12738—Nancy G. Edmunds, District Judge.
Argued: June 15, 2023
Decided and Filed: July 26, 2023
Before: GIBBONS, LARSEN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge. Emergency medical personnel in Southfield,
Michigan, pronounced Timesha Beauchamp dead when she was still alive. Beauchamp was
placed in a body bag and transported to a funeral home, where an embalmer discovered that she
was not dead. Beauchamp was hospitalized and died about six weeks later. Howard Linden, the
administrator of Beauchamp’s estate, sues the City of Southfield (the “City”) and individual
emergency medical personnel for their actions, which he says violated Beauchamp’s
constitutional rights. The district court found that Linden failed to plead a constitutional
violation and accordingly granted the defendants-appellees’ motion to dismiss Beauchamp’s
claims. Because the individual defendants-appellees in this case are entitled to qualified
immunity, and because the City is not liable for any constitutional violation, we affirm the
district court on alternative grounds. |
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