Matos Ex Rel. Matos v. O'Sullivan.

• Position: Prisoner suicide case - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

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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...