Belcher v. Lopinto

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA JAYNE BELCHER ET AL. CIVIL ACTION VERSUS NO. 18-7368 JOSEPH LOPINTO, III ET AL. SECTION: “H” ORDER AND REASONS Before the Court is Defendants’ Motion to Alter the Court’s Ruling that Denied Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 206). For the following reasons, the Motion is DENIED. BACKGROUND This action arises out of Joshua Belcher’s suicide at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center (“JPCC”) in Gretna, Louisiana, where he was being held as a pretrial detainee. Following his death, Belcher’s parents, Jayne and Jimmy Belcher…