Brumfield v. Hollins

How courts have described this case

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• holding that defendants were due qualified immunity on plaintiffs’ failure to train claims where: decedent was intoxicated when he was booked; decedent asked for help which was denied; and decedent hung himself after the denial of help
• stating that a plaintiff must show that the alleged conduct is “objectively unreasonable in light of clearly established law” to warrant denial of qualified immunity
• stating that plaintiff has burden to negate qualified immunity defense once properly raised
• determining that the defendants’ failure to undertake any life-saving procedures on an inmate who was found on his cell floor without a pulse and with a shoestring noose around his neck was arguably negligence but not deliberate indifference
• determining that the defendants’ failure to undertake any life-saving procedures on an inmate who was found on his cell floor without a pulse and with a shoestring noose around his neck was arguably negligence but not deliberate indifference
• determining that the defendants’ failure to undertake any life-saving procedures on an inmate who was found on his cell floor without a pulse and with a shoestring noose around his neck was arguably negligence but not deliberate indifference

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).