Estate of Sisk v. Manzanares

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

O’HARA, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. Introduction.

This action arises from the suicide of Scotty Ray Sisk (“Sisk”) while he was incarcerated at the Shawnee County Department of Corrections (“the DOC”) in Topeka, Kansas. The plaintiffs, Sisk’s estate and his survivors, asserted claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that various employees of the DOC violated Sisk’s Eighth Amendment rights by being deliberately indifferent to his medical needs. Plaintiffs also asserted negligence claims under Kansas law.

The jury trial of this case began on April 14, 2003. On April…