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171198P.pdf 06/04/2018 A.H. v. St. Louis County, Missouri
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 17-1198
and No: 17-1393
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
[PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Beam and Kelly, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Civil rights. In action alleging defendants violated
plaintiffs' decedent's civil rights by failing to protect him from a known
risk of harm - death by suicide while detained at the County jail - the
district court did not err in granting defendants summary judgment because
plaintiffs failed to show that any defendant was deliberately indifferent
to a substantial risk that their decedent would commit suicide; a clinical
psychologist's exercise of professional judgment in assessing the man's
risk of suicide, even if negligent, fell well short of deliberate
indifference; other evidence established a defendant jailer had conducted
hourly checks as required by the jail's suicide prevention policy; with
respect to plaintiffs' Missouri wrongful death claim, the jailer performed
her duties in accordance with the suicide prevention policy and did not
breach a ministerial duty; plaintiffs' ADA and Rehabilitation Act
allegations failed to state a claim as they essentially state claims of
inadequate medical treatment which this court has previously held cannot
be brought under either of the acts.