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111822P.pdf 05/15/2012 Amber Shelton v. AR Dept. of Human Services
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 11-1822
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock
[PUBLISHED][Melloy, Author, with Wollman and Loken, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Civil Rights. In action alleging defendants failed to meet
their duty of care to plaintiff's decedent who committed suicide while
voluntarily hospitalized at the Arkansas State Hospital, the defendants did
not owe a constitutional-level duty of duty of care to the deceased patient;
a claim based on an allegedly improper medical treatment decision cannot
be brought pursuant to either the Americans with Disabilities Act or the
Rehabilitation Act.