Matos Ex Rel. Matos v. O'Sullivan.

• Position: FAILURE TO PROTECT - Eliberate indifference to the prisoner's risk of suicide - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

PRISONER SUICIDE

Matos Ex Rel. Matos v. O'Sullivan, 335 F.3d 553 (7th Cir. 2003). The administrator of the estate of a state prisoner, who committed suicide by hanging himself while incarcerated, brought a [section] 1983 action alleging deliberate indifference to the prisoner's risk of suicide. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of all defendants, and the administrator appealed. The appeals court affirmed, finding that the administrator failed to show that prison officials were deliberately indifferent. The court noted that although a medical form existed indicating that the prisoner had once attempted suicide, the...