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ANNISSA COLSON,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
CITY OF ALCOA, TENNESSEE,
Defendant,
KEITH FLETCHER, individually and in his official
capacity as Lieutenant of the Alcoa Police
Department; DUSTIN COOK and ARIK WILSON,
individually and in their official capacities as Patrol
Officers of the Alcoa Police Department,
Defendants-Appellants. |
Nos. 20-5585/21-5545 |
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville;
No. 3:16-cv-00377—Robert Leon Jordan and Charles E. Atchley, Jr., District Judges.
Argued: March 16, 2022
Decided and Filed: June 23, 2022
Before: McKEAGUE, BUSH, and READLER, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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CHAD A. READLER, Circuit Judge. Annissa Colson’s knee was allegedly injured while
she resisted arrest. She claims that the arresting officers failed to provide her sufficient medical
care by first taking her to jail instead of a hospital following her injury, and then by relying on a
jail nurse’s medical opinion that the knee injury did not require further attention. The officers
moved for summary judgment, claiming qualified immunity. The district court denied their
motion, and the officers appealed. We now reverse. In doing so, we make clear that Colson’s
claims (and others like them) are governed by the Fourteenth Amendment. |
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