Berry v. Missouri Department of Corrections Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Corrections Center

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI NORTHERN DIVISION DAWN BERRY, Administrator for the ) Estate of Brittany A. Berry, Deceased, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 2:24 CV 25 CDP ) THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ) CORRECTIONS, WOMEN’S EASTERN ) RECEPTION, DIAGNOSTIC AND ) CORRECTIONAL CENTER, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Brittany Berry died by suicide while she was in the custody of the Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) at the Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center (WERDCC). Her mother and administrator of her estate, Dawn Berry,…