Legal Opinion
Sheila McCullum v. Kenneth Tepe
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 28, 2012No. 11-3424PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Timothy Hughes died after hanging himself from his bed in the Butler County Prison. Hughes showed no outward signs that he was suicidal, but he did have a history of depression and asked to see Dr. Kenneth Tepe, the prison psychiatrist, about anti-depression medication. Hughes and Dr. Tepe never met. Hughes’s mother filed this § 1983 suit, alleging that Tepe was deliberately indifferent to her son’s serious medical need. Tepe sought summary judgment, arguing that he was entitled to qualified immunity. The district court held that Tepe could not assert a…
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