Stephens County, No. 07-10729 In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action for allegedly causing or failing to prevent the jailhouse death of plaintiff's son, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) denial of leave to amend the complaint to name five of the "John Doe" defendants was proper since the statute of limitations rendered amendment futile; and 2) there was insufficient evidence for a reasonable jury to conclude that sheriff personally caused the death or acted… [read post]