Theresa Sheets Theresa Sheets, as the Administrator for the Estate of Tiffany Jean Montgomery, Deceased v. Sergeant Howard Mullins

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• holding that the failure to pursue a domestic abuse call was not an affirmative act
• highlighting that the plaintiff bears the ultimate burden of showing that the defendant is not entitled to qualified immunity
• failing to pursue and investigate a domestic-disturbance call No. 04-2320 Jones v. Reynolds, et al. Page 5 was not an affirmative act
• considering sheriff‟s liability in the context of court-mandated process for restraint orders
• failing to pursue and investigate a domestic- disturbance call was not an affirmative act
• no due process or equal protection violation by sheriff=s department sergeant in responding to a call reporting domestic violence

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