Clarissa Gilmore v. Georgia Department of Corrections | Docket

Clarissa Gilmore v. Georgia Department of Corrections

After the en banc Eleventh Circuit reversed the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Officers Alberta W. Milton and Christina Irizarry on qualified-immunity grounds, the panel remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the en banc opinion.

Docket

Court

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Court level

appellate

Jurisdiction

Federal

Date filed

April 20, 2026

Parties

ALBERTA W. MILTON · defendantCOMMISSIONER, GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS · appelleeSABRINI CARLENE LUPO · appelleeCLARISSA GILMORE · appellantGEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS · appelleeSMITH SP WARDEN · defendantDOUGLAS M. WILLIAMS · defendantCHRISTINA IRIZARRY · defendant

Judges

Rosenbaum · majorityNewsom · majorityTjoflat · majority

Status

published

Disposition

REMANDED.

Opinion type

combined

Format

per curiam

Nature of suit

Other Personal Injury

Date argued

February 4, 2025

Source

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FOR PUBLICATION In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit

No. 23-10343

CLARISSA GILMORE, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, an agency of the State of Georgia, COMMISSIONER, GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, in his official capacity , ALBERTA W. MILTON, individually and in her official capacity , SABRINI CARLENE LUPO, individually and in her official capacity , SMITH SP WARDEN, in his official capacity as successor-in-interest,

2 Opinion of the Court Defendants-Appellees, DOUGLAS M. WILLIAMS, individually and in his official capacity , Defendant.

Page 223-10343

et al.,

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia D.C. Docket No. 6:18-cv-00115-RSB-CLR

Before ROSENBAUM, NEWSOM, and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This matter returns to us on remand after the en banc Court's opinion reversing the district court's grant of summary judgment to Officer Alberta W . Milton and Officer Christina Irizarry on qualified immunity grounds. Gilmore v. Ga. Dep’t of Corr. , 144 F.4th 1246, 1264 (11th Cir. 2025) (en banc). Based on the en banc Court’s ruling, we remand the case to the district court for further proceedings consistent with the en banc opinion.

REMANDED.