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· 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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