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SANVILLE v. McCAUGHTRY

No. 00-2933.

266 F.3d 724 (2001)

Martha SANVILLE, individually and as trustee for the heirs and next of kin of Matthew A. Sanville, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gary McCAUGHTRY; Jane Gamble; Curtis Bender; Ivy Scaburdine (f/k/a Ivy Podish); Eric Schroeder; Glenn Gilgenbach; Jodine Deppisch; Narinder Saini, Ph.D.; Gary Ankarlo, Ph.D.; Stephen J. Fleck, Ph.D.; Yogesh Pareek, Ph.D.; Carl L. Cihlar, Ph.D.; John Does Nos. 1-5, all in their individual and official capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 21, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Bennett, Minneapolis, MN, L. Stanton Dotson, Mattoon, IL, Joe Margulies (argued), Margulies & Richman, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James E. Doyle, Stanley W. Davis (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before MANION, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Matt Sanville, a mentally ill inmate incarcerated at the Waupun Correctional Institution in Wisconsin, committed suicide when he was left unsupervised for approximately five hours. His mother, Martha Sanville, filed this lawsuit in federal district court, alleging that a number of prison officials violated Matt's Eighth Amendment rights through their deliberate indifference to Matt's1 serious medical needs. While...

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