· 12/7/1970
Harvey v. Erickson
Citations
- 400 U.S. 945
- 91 S. Ct. 249
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that removal of a prisoner’s shoelaces, belts, socks, and pocket contents demonstrate an effort to assure his safety and a lack of deliberate indifference
- rejecting a claim of official liability for failure to train jail personnel to screen detainees for suicidal tendencies absent a showing of deliberate indifference
- rejecting a claim of official liability for failure to train jail personnel to screen detainees for suicidal tendencies absent a showing of deliberate indifference
- “Absent knowledge of a detainee’s suicidal tendencies, . . . failure to prevent suicide has never been held to constitute deliberate indifference.”
- no knowledge of suicide risk even when detainee was “intoxicated . . . emotional, depressed, and angry”
- no municipal liability where city faAed to train jaA personnel to screen detainees for suicidal tendencies
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