Matje v. Leis

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• defendants’ motion for summary judgment denied where inmate’s attorney told jail officials that inmate would attempt suicide by smuggling in drugs behind her diaphragm, and body cavity search was not performed
• where inmate known to have substantial medical training threatened suicide by feasible mode, personnel cannot disregard the threats and must treat the inmate as potential suicide.
• “Clearly, an undercover agent acts under color of state law . . . when he conducts his investigations.”
• several different prison employees failed to discover a lethal dose of drugs hidden in the inmate’s person despite repeated warnings that she was suicidal and precise reports of the location of the drugs
• defendants’ motion for summary judgment denied where inmate-decedent told counsel who told jail officials that inmate would attempt suicide if sent to jail by smuggling in drugs behind her diaphragm and body cavity search was not performed at jail
• defendants’ motion for summary judgment denied where inmate-decedent told counsel who told jail officials that inmate would attempt suicide if sent to jail by smuggling in drugs behind her diaphragm and body cavity search was not performed at jail

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