Legal Opinion
Thornhill v. Breazeale
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided February 10, 2000No. 3:99-cv-00035PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
PICKERING, District Judge.
Before the Court is Defendants’ Motions for Summary Judgment. Having considered this motion, the responses, the briefs of counsel, the cited authorities and applicable law, this Court finds as follows:
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
This cause of action arises from the events surrounding the suicide of William Thornhill, a pre-trial detainee in the custody of the Sheriffs Department of Lamar County, Mississippi. As this cause of action presents constitutional questions, this Court has jurisdiction over this matter. 28 U.S.C. § 1331. Plaintiffs have…
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