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JULIE HELPHENSTINE, Administratrix of the Estate of
Christopher Dale Helphenstine and Guardian of
B.D.H., the minor son of Christopher Dale
Helphenstine,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
LEWIS COUNTY, KENTUCKY; JEFF LYKINS, ANTHONY
RUARK, ANDY LUCAS, BEN CARVER, AMANDA
MCGINNIS, SANDY BLOOMFIELD, MARK RILEY,
MELINDA MONROE, JEFFERY THOROUGHMAN, TOMMY
VON LUHRTE, D.O., JOHNNY BIVENS, and JOHN
BYARD, individually,
Defendants-Appellees. |
No. 22-5407 |
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky at Ashland.
No. 0:18-cv-00093—Henry R. Wilhoit, Jr., District Judge.
Argued: December 7, 2022
Decided and Filed: February 9, 2023
Before: SUTTON, Chief Judge, COLE and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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Christopher Helphenstine was arrested and charged with drug crimes in Lewis County,
Kentucky. While detained, he began to withdraw from alcohol or drugs. Despite severe
vomiting and diarrhea, the only medical care he received was two doses of antiemetics,
prescribed via fax machine by a doctor who never saw him. He died five days after his arrest.
His estate sued several jail employees, the doctor contracted to provide medical care at the jail,
and Lewis County for deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs in violation of the
Fourteenth Amendment, and for negligence in violation of state law. The district court ruled that
no defendant violated Helphenstine’s constitutional rights, declined to exercise jurisdiction over
the state-law negligence claim, and granted summary judgment in favor of all defendants.
We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings. |
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RANDY HAIGHT,
Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
SCOTT JORDAN, Warden,
Respondent-Appellee. |
No. 17-6095 |
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky at Louisville.
No. 3:02-cv-00206—Gregory N. Stivers, District Judge.
Argued: June 24, 2021
Decided and Filed: February 9, 2023
Before: GIBBONS, ROGERS, and STRANCH, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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PER CURIAM. Petitioner Randy Haight, who was sentenced to death, appeals the
district court’s judgment dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus,
raising twenty-three grounds on appeal. We affirm the judgment of the district court. |
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