Case Name: Rodrick TOLBERT, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Torrence Tolbert; Joyce Tolbert; Frank Tolbert; and Kerry Tolbert, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF PONTIAC; Pontiac Police Department; I. Kershaw, Officer; Main, Officer; and Janczarek, Officer, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-08-04
Citations: 139 F. App'x 706
Docket Number: No. 04-1196, 04-2109
Parties: Rodrick TOLBERT, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Torrence Tolbert; Joyce Tolbert; Frank Tolbert; and Kerry Tolbert, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF PONTIAC; Pontiac Police Department; I. Kershaw, Officer; Main, Officer; and Janczarek, Officer, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before SUHRHEINRICH and DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judges, and HOOD, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 139
Pages: 706–707

Head Matter:
Rodrick TOLBERT, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Torrence Tolbert; Joyce Tolbert; Frank Tolbert; and Kerry Tolbert, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF PONTIAC; Pontiac Police Department; I. Kershaw, Officer; Main, Officer; and Janczarek, Officer, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 04-1196, 04-2109.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
Aug. 4, 2005.
Michael A. Mixer, Ann Arbor, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Michael F. Smith, Angela E. Boufford, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Jerry Hardin, Thumb Correctional Facility, Lapeer, MI, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before SUHRHEINRICH and DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judges, and HOOD, District Judge.
The Hon. Joseph M. Hood, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The plaintiffs, relatives of Torrance Tolbert, filed this § 1988 action against the City of Pontiac, its police department, and three individual police officers, charging violations of the Eighth Amendment and raising various state law claims growing out of Torrence Tolbert's death. The plaintiffs contend that officers violated Tolbert's federal constitutional rights by failing to provide medical care while Tolbert was in custody and violated state law by egregiously and arbitrarily exposing Tolbert to greater danger. The district court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment when the plaintiffs failed to produce any evidence that Tolbert had been in the custody of the police officers or that the officers had violated Tolbert's constitutional rights. The plaintiffs subsequently filed a motion for relief from judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6), contending that their original attorney had been grossly inadequate in handling their case. The district court held that Rule 60(b)(6) was inapplicable, treated the motion as one for relief under 60(b)(1), and, after finding no "excusable neglect," denied the motion.
The plaintiffs now appeal both those decisions. They have failed to produce any evidence, however, to demonstrate that Tolbert was "in custody" or that Pontiac police officers failed to render medical assistance to Tolbert. In fact, the first officer on the scene called for an ambulance immediately upon learning that Tolbert was suffering from a gunshot wound. The plaintiffs also failed to establish a legal basis that would have entitled them to relief from judgment under Rule 60(b)(1) or (6).
Having had the benefit of oral argument, and having studied the record on appeal and the briefs of the parties, we are not persuaded that the district court erred in dismissing the complaint and in denying post-judgment relief under Rule 60(b). Because the reasons why judgment should be entered for the defendants have been fully articulated by the district court, the issuance of a detailed opinion by this court would be duplicative and would serve no useful purpose. Accordingly, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court upon the reasoning set out by that court in its memorandum opinion and order filed December 81, 2003, and its opinion and order filed on July 29, 2004.