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· 2/1/1996

Williams v. Lee County, Alabama

Citations

  • 78 F.3d 491
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 2382
  • 1996 WL 103880

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • rejecting deliberate indifference claim where known suicidal inmates were left alone for 15 to 20 minutes
  • “[w]e have found less formal means of suicide prevention that those of Lee County to pass constitutional muster.”
  • “A reasonable official would have no reason to assume from routine booking information that a prisoner brought with him a strong, or any, likelihood of suicide.”
  • suicide threat preceded death by 15-20 minutes
  • suicide threat preceded death by 15-20 minutes

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Judges: Tjoflat, Black, Goodwin

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