214016P.pdf   01/31/2023  Donna Reece  v.  S. Williams
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  21-4016
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville   
   [PUBLISHED] [Arnold, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Stras, Circuit 
   Judge] 
   Civil case - Civil rights. Plaintiff's decedent, Mr. Reece, died after 
   being arrested and taken to the Benton County Jail after he allegedly 
   swallowed a quantity of methamphetamine, and plaintiff alleged the 
   defendants were indifferent to his serious medical needs; the district 
   court denied defendants' motion for summary judgment based on qualified 
   immunity, and they appeal. The district court did not err in holding that 
   no reasonable juror would find that Mr. Reece's behavior during booking at 
   the jail would have indicated a serious medical need; however, the 
   district court erred in denying defendant Williams' motion for summary 
   judgment based on its conclusion that Williams was told at booking that 
   Mr. Reece had seizure-like activity on the way to the jail and the 
   condition was a serious medical condition that Williams deliberately 
   ignored; there is no authority clearly establishing that a jailer in 
   circumstances sufficiently similar to these was obligated to summon 
   medical assistance or relate to others what he had learned from the 
   arresting officer; other jail defendants were entitled to rely on the 
   opinion of medical staff as to Mr. Reece's condition, and they were 
   entitled to qualified immunity; defendant McCain was also entitled to rely 
   on the opinion of medical staff, and the record does not show she was 
   deliberately indifferent to Mr. Reece's medical needs; as a result, she 
   was entitled to qualified immunity.