Beddingfield v. City of Pulaski, Tenn.

MEMORANDUM

WISEMAN, Chief Judge.

Before the Court is defendant’s motion for summary judgment in this action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and asserted pendent state law claims for wrongful death and violation of Tennessee Constitution art. 1, § 8 and art. 1, § 32. Plaintiff’s decedent, William Beddingfield, hanged himself while an obviously intoxicated pretrial detainee in the drunk tank of the Pulaski city jail. Plaintiff’s federal claims assert that the city, by failing to train jail officers to take certain precautions in dealing with persons who, like Bed-dingfield, are at high risk…