U.S. district court: prisoner suicide; Strickler v. McCord.

• Position: Failure to Protect

Strickler v. McCord, 306 F.Supp.2d 818 (N.D.Ind. 2004). A pretrial detainee sued jail officials under [section] 1983, alleging they were deliberately indifference to his serious medical needs. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. The court held that although the jail officials allegedly placed the inmate on a suicide watch, noted that the detainee hid razor blades and medication in his cell, observed that the detainee had tried to cut himself, and saw the detainee draw pictures expressing sadness, the detainee could not demonstrate that the officials...