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Summary: FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit January 7, 2011 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT BILLIE MARIE CROWNOVER, personal representative of the estate of Frank James Crownover, No. 10-5028 Plaintiff-Appellant, (D.C. No. 4:08-CV-00020-JHP-PJC) (N.D. Okla.) v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF OTTAWA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; TERRY DURBOROW, individually and in his official capacity as Ottawa County Sheriff; DENNIS KING, individually; RAND
Summary: FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit January 7, 2011 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT BILLIE MARIE CROWNOVER, personal representative of the estate of Frank James Crownover, No. 10-5028 Plaintiff-Appellant, (D.C. No. 4:08-CV-00020-JHP-PJC) (N.D. Okla.) v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF OTTAWA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; TERRY DURBOROW, individually and in his official capacity as Ottawa County Sheriff; DENNIS KING, individually; RANDA..
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United States Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit
January 7, 2011
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
Elisabeth A. Shumaker
Clerk of Court
FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT
BILLIE MARIE CROWNOVER,
personal representative of the estate of
Frank James Crownover,
No. 10-5028
Plaintiff-Appellant, (D.C. No. 4:08-CV-00020-JHP-PJC)
(N.D. Okla.)
v.
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF OTTAWA
COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; TERRY
DURBOROW, individually and in his
official capacity as Ottawa County
Sheriff; DENNIS KING, individually;
RANDALL LLOYD, individually,
Defendants-Appellees.
ORDER AND JUDGMENT *
Before TACHA, ANDERSON, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.
*
After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined
unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of
this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is
therefore ordered submitted without oral argument. This order and judgment is
not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata,
and collateral estoppel. It may be cited, however, for its persuasive value
consistent with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 and 10th Cir. R. 32.1.
While imprisoned as a pretrial detainee at the Ottawa County, Oklahoma
Jail, Frank James Crownover died as the result of a brutal attack by a fellow
inmate. Billie Marie Crownover, his widow and personal representative of his
estate, thereafter brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Title II of
the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. § 12132 (ADA),
contending that Mr. Crownover’s death resulted from the defendants’ deliberate
indifference to dangerous conditions at the Jail and from their failure to
reasonably accommodate Mr. Crownover’s known disabilities.
The district court granted summary judgment to all of the defendants. It
concluded (1) the Ottawa County Board of County Commissioners did not violate
Mr. Crownover’s rights because it lacked the authority and the duty to take any
corrective action concerning allegedly unconstitutional conditions at the Jail; (2)
defendants Terry Durborow, Dennis King, and Randall Lloyd were entitled to
summary judgment and/or qualified immunity on Ms. Crownover’s claims that the
Jail (a) failed to properly classify and separate mentally ill prisoners, (b) had
inadequate staffing to properly supervise prisoners and was chronically
overcrowded, and (c) failed to properly train and supervise its staff; and (3)
defendants Durborow, King, and Randall were entitled to summary judgment on
Ms. Crownover’s ADA claims because she failed to show that they did not
accommodate his disability or that he was excluded from or denied the benefit of
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the Jail’s services, programs, or activities, or was otherwise discriminated against
by Jail staff because of his disability.
We review the district court’s entry of summary judgment de novo,
applying the same standard as the district court. Oldenkamp v. United Am. Ins.
Co.,
619 F.3d 1243, 1246 (10th Cir. 2010). Summary judgment is appropriate “if
there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to a
judgment as a matter of law.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a). On appeal,
[w]e examine the record to determine whether any genuine issue of
material fact was in dispute; if not, we determine whether the
substantive law was applied correctly, and in so doing we examine
the factual record and reasonable inferences therefrom in the light
most favorable to the party opposing the motion.
McKnight v. Kimberly Clark Corp.,
149 F.3d 1125, 1128 (10th Cir. 1998)
(quotations omitted).
Ms. Crownover argues that the district court applied the deliberate
indifference standard too narrowly; imposed an improper evidentiary requirement
for establishing the causal link between defendants’ failure to train Jail personnel
and Mr. Crownover’s death; ignored relevant evidence; and failed to afford her
the benefit of reasonable inferences to be drawn from the evidence. She also
argues that the district court misapplied the ADA by failing to appropriately
consider the role of reasonable accommodation in the application of the Act to
disabled inmates.
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Having considered these arguments and having carefully reviewed the
briefs, the record, and the applicable law in light of the above standards, we
AFFIRM the district court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of the
defendants. We do so for substantially the reasons stated in the district court’s
Opinion and Order, dated February 8, 2010.
Entered for the Court
Deanell R. Tacha
Circuit Judge
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