A federal appeals court has ruled that Tennessee corrections officers should not be held accountable for an inmate’s death. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in an opinion made public last week that U.S. District Judge Pamela Reeves was wrong to deny Sevier County jailers immunity in the 2014 death of Samuel M. McGaw IV. According to court records, the officers were being held liable for the death of a male inmate who was need of medical assistance for alcohol and opiate poisoning due to instructions from a nurse.