Legal Opinion
Burns v. Robertson County
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided June 13, 2016No. 3:13-cv-974PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
WAVERLY D. CRENSHAW, JR., UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Matthew J. Burns committed suicide, in the Robertson County Detention Facility (RCDF). His mother, Sherri Burns, brings this case individually and as the Adminis-*912tratrix of her son’s estate alleging violations of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Specifically, Ms. Burns against Robertson County, Tennessee and others, alleging that RCDF’s customs and policies regarding identification and treatment of detainees who are suicidal constitutes deliberate indifference to her son’s serious mental health care needs to…
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