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083543P.pdf   08/20/2009  Jan McRaven  v.  Lt. McMurrian
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-3543
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Hot Springs   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Hansen and Bye, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - civil rights. It was not reasonable for watch officer to rely on nurse's medical opinion that prisoner did not need hospitalization as the officer knew that the prisoner had consumed a large quantity and variety of drugs, had exhibited signs of extreme intoxication and knew, or reasonably should have known, that the nurse was basing his determination on the mistaken belief prisoner was drunk; as a result, the officer was not entitled to qualified immunity on the claim she was deliberately indifferent to prisoner's medical needs; nor were the shift sergeant and deputies, who possessed similar information, entitled to qualified immunity on the claims; nurse was not entitled to qualified immunity as there were issues as to whether his conduct was reckless; deputy who was trained in CPR and aware of prisoner's condition, but who failed to perform it, was not entitled to qualified immunity.