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WOLOSZYN v. COUNTY OF LAWRENCE

No. 03-2390.

396 F.3d 314 (2005)

Patricia A. WOLOSZYN, Administratrix of the Estate of Richard Lee Woloszyn, Jr. on Behalf of the Estate of Richard Lee Woloszyn Jr., and Patricia A. Woloszyn, Administratrix of the Estate of Richard Lee Woloszyn, Jr. on Behalf of the Next of Kin of Richard Lee Woloszyn, Jr., Appellant v. COUNTY OF LAWRENCE; William F. Hall, Warden of the Lawrence County Jail; Matthew Graziani, and/or Michael Sainato.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 28, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Evans, Mark E. Milsop (Argued), Evans, Portnoy, Quinn & O'Connor, Pittsburgh, PA, for appellant.

John P. Sieminski (Argued), Burns, White & Hickton, L.L.C., Pittsburgh, PA, for appellees.

Before: NYGAARD, McKEE and CHERTOFF, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

McKEE, Circuit Judge.

We are asked to review the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of individual and municipal defendants in a suit brought pursuant 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Pennsylvania's Wrongful Death and Survival statutes, 42 PA. CONS.STAT. ANN. §§ 8301, 8302. The suit arises from the jailhouse suicide of a pre-trial detainee. For the reasons that follow, we will affirm.

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