Opinion · Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
CONN v. City of Reno
658 F.3d 897
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 2011-09-06
- Topic
- litigation
holding 6 deliberate indifference to suicidal pretrial detainee’s medical and psychological needs proves a 7 Fourteenth Amendment violation | denying qualified immunity to transporting officers who failed to report detainee’s suicide risk to “those who will next be responsible for her custody and safety.” | reversing grant of summary judgment to transporting police officers where children of pre- 24 trial detainee who committed suicide presented evidence that transporting police officers (a) were 25 subjectively aware decedent was at acute risk of harm (suicide); (b | officers witnessed an inmate wrap a seatbelt around her 6 neck and threaten to kill herself | “A heightened suicide risk or an attempted 10 suicide is a serious medical need.” | “When a detainee attempts or threatens suicide en route to jail, it is obvious that the transporting officers must report the incident to those who will next be responsible for her custody and safety. | “heightened suicide risk or 8 ||an attempted suicide” constitute serious medical needs | involving awareness of a defendant's serious medical need
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ORDER
We reinstate the opinion at 591 F.3d 1081 (9th Cir.2010), except that in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Connick v. Thompson, — U.S. -, 131 S.Ct. 1350, 179 L.Ed.2d 417 (2011), we affirm in all respects the district court’s grant of summary judgment as to municipality liability. Parts 111(C)(1) and 111(C)(2) of the opinion will remain vacated. Therefore, we order that the district court’s decision is AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part, and REMANDED.