United States Eighth Circuit

The district court is affirmed where it did not err in denying defendant's motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity, as the evidence supports an inference that defendants knew plaintiff's decedent presented a suicide risk and that their actions in placing him in an unsupervised drunk tank were unreasonable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/12/2003
• Published 11/12/2003

Judges

• BEAM, Circuit Judge., Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, BEAM, and BYE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• C. Burt Newell, argued, Hot Springs, AR, for Manthey and Leary.


• For Appellees:
  
• Paul J. James, argued, Little Rock, AR, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant Bobbie Coleman.