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172835P.pdf   11/14/2018  Regina Barton  v.  Chad Ledbetter
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  17-2835
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Hot Springs   
[PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Smith,Chief Judge, and Loken, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Civil rights. The deputy who booked plaintiff's decedent was not entitled to qualified immunity on plaintiff's claim that she was deliberately indifferent to the decedent's medical needs as the evidence showed that the man had been in a car accident and was so severely intoxicated that he could not follow instructions, answer basic questions or stand without assistance; a jury could find that the man was experiencing a medical need so obvious that a layperson would recognize the need for prompt medical attention; a jury could infer the deputy's knowledge of the man's evident need for prompt medical attention and the deputy's obviously inadequate response to that need; further, the deputy did not perform the healthcare screening the jail policies required, which would have disclosed significant injuries to the man's back and legs; it was clearly established at the time of the incident that booking the man into jail would constitute deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs; the record was devoid of any evidence that the deputy's supervisor knew she was inadequately trained or supervised, and he was entitled to qualified immunity on plaintiff's train-or-supervise claims; because the resolution of these qualified immunity issues does not necessarily resolve the question of whether the defendant Hot Springs County maintained an unconstitutional custom, the court does not have jurisdiction over its appeal.