In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on a prisoner’s suicide, summary judgment for defendants is reversed where: 1) a reasonable jury could find that defendant police officers were liable for their deliberate indifference to plaintiff’s serious medical need; and 2) defendant city could be found liable for failure to properly train the officers.
Read Conn v. Reno, No. 07-15572
Appellate Information
Argued and Submitted October 20, 2008
Filed July 24, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Reinhardt
Counsel
For Appellants:
Terri Keyser-Cooper, Reno, NV
For Appellees:
John J. Kadlic, Reno City Attorney, Reno, NV
Donald L. Christensen, Deputy City Attorney, Reno, NV
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