U.S. Appeals Court: SUICIDE.

• Position: Brief Article

Jacobs v. West Feliciana Sheriff's Dept., 228 F.3d 388 (5th Cir. 2000). Survivors of an arrestee who had committed suicide brought a [sections] 1983 action against a sheriffs department and against the sheriff and deputies. The district court denied individual defendants motions to dismiss on the ground of qualified immunity and they appealed. The appeals court affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded the case. The appeals court held that the sheriff and senior deputy, who knew of a...