Legal Opinion
Nancy Wever v. James Carman
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 4, 2004No. 03-3633PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
This case arises from the following tragic facts. On December 8, 2001, Lincoln County officers responded to a 911 call from an emotionally despondent Dennis Wever. Though Wever threatened to kill himself if jailed, the officers arrested Wever, brought him to jail, placed him in an isolation cell, and gave him a blanket upon his request. Less than half an hour after making the threat, Wever hung himself with the blanket. He was the third person in five years to commit suicide in the Lincoln County jail.
Wever’s mother, acting as his personal representative, brought a §…
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