Wittner Ex Rel. Wittner v. Banner Health

SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

Ian Wittner died at the North Colorado Medical Center after being injected with the drug Haldol during a seventy-two-hour involuntary mental health hold. His parents, Lizbeth Cardenas and George Witt-ner, brought this § 1983 claim against the Medical Center, the doctor, and the nurse involved in their son’s treatment. They appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendants and its subsequent denial of their Fed.R.Civ.P. 59(e) motion to retain jurisdiction over their state law tort claims. Defendants cross-appeal the district court’s denial of their…