Joshua Montano v. Orange County Texas

RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

These cross-appeals arise out of the tragic death of Robert Montano, a pretrial detainee in the Orange County, Texas, jail. He died of acute renal failure after approximately four-and-one-half days’ detention in a glass-walled observation cell—the “bubble”—in the jail’s infirmary. The bubble was used to observe detoxifying pretrial detainees. During Mr. Montano’s detention, he consumed little, if any, food or water; his vital signs were checked once at most; he was never seen by a physician; and emergency care was requested by the jail staff only minutes…