Mutrux v. Cameron County, Tex.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BLACK, United States Magistrate Judge.

This case has, with the consent of all parties been referred by the Honorable Filemon B. Vela, U.S. District Judge to the undersigned U.S. Magistrate Judge under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(c).

There is pending, Cameron County’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

On May 9, 1988, William Mutrux, an eighteen year old inmate at the Cameron County Jail in Brownsville, Texas, committed suicide by hanging himself, (Custodial Death Report — Exhibit K — Exhibits To Plaintiff’s Response To Defendant’s Motion For Partial…