Stephanie Poiroux Snow v. City of Citronelle, AL

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• explaining that “subjective knowledge of a risk of serious harm” is required for a deliberate indifference claim
• concluding, at the summary judgment stage, that there was a genuine fact dispute on the officer’s subjective knowledge because there was evidence that he knew that the inmate had recently attempted suicide and even expressed a concern that the inmate was suicidal
• denying qualified immunity to jail officer, who was subjectively aware of the substantial risk of harm, and deliberately chose not to communicate that risk to others after his shift concluded or attempt to remedy the risk in any way
• denying qualified immunity to jail officer, who was subjectively aware of the substantial risk of harm, and deliberately chose not to communicate that risk to others after his shift concluded or attempt to remedy the risk in any way
• although defendants checked inmate fewer than fifteen minutes before she committed suicide, reasonable jury could find that “more vigilant” observation would have prevented suicide
• “Because we reinstate Snow’s federal claims, we must vacate the discretionary dismissal of the state-law claims, but we express no opinion on the merits of those claims.”

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