Legal Opinion
Minix v. Canarecci
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 26, 2010No. 09-2001, 09-2817PublishedCited by 501 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TINDER, Circuit Judge.
While incarcerated at the St. Joseph County Jail, Gregory Zick, an inmate with a history of suicidal tendencies, took his own life. Zick’s mother, Cathy Minix, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against several jail officials for their alleged deliberate indifference to Zick's suicide risk. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. We affirm.
I. Background
Gregory Zick was a mental health patient at Indiana’s Richmond State Hospital. In March 2003, Zick was on leave from the hospital at the request of his mother, Cathy Minix, to attend a…
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