Legal Opinion
Carolyn Comstock v. Norris McCrary v. S. Thyagarajan and David Howell
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 12, 2001No. 99-2448PublishedCited by 1,182 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Billy Wade Montgomery committed suicide on March 3,1995 at the Reception and Guidance Center (“RGC”) of the State Prison of Southern Michigan. Plaintiff-appellee Carolyn Comstock, the personal representative of Montgomery’s estate, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against defendants-appellants Norris *698McCrary, a psychologist, V.S. Thyagarajan, a medical doctor, and David Howell, a physician’s assistant, all of whom were employed by the Michigan Department of Corrections, alleging, inter alia, that defendants displayed deliberate indifference to Montgomery’s…
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