U.S. Appeals Court: SUICIDE DELIBERATE INDIFF. MENTAL HEALTH.

• Position: Prisoners and prisons - Brief Article

Domino v. Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice, 239 F.3d 752 (5th Cir. 2001). A prison psychiatrist appealed the decision of a federal district court that denied his motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. The appeals court reversed and remanded, finding that the psychiatrist's incorrect diagnosis that a prisoner's suicide threat was not genuine...