Legal Opinion
Estate of Rice Ex Rel. Rice v. Correctional Medical Services
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 20, 2012No. 09-2804, 10-2389PublishedCited by 558 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Nicholas D. Rice died in the Elkhart County Jail in December 2004, nearly fifteen months after he was booked at the jail pending trial on a charge of attempted bank robbery. Rice was known to suffer from schizophrenia, and shortly before his death a judge had found him incompetent to stand trial. Although he was seen by mental health professionals while he was being detained, Rice frequently refused to take his prescribed medications, cooperate with medical personnel at the jail, eat his meals, or bathe himself. He was briefly hospitalized at psychiatric and other…
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