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COLLINS v. SEEMAN

No. 05-1309.

462 F.3d 757 (2006)

Denise COLLINS, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Ricky Collins, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CAPTAIN DEBORAH SEEMAN, Sergeant Julie Beethem, Correctional Officer Steve Shuck, Correctional Officer Sam Bucalo, and any other Correctional Officers presently unknown responsible for Ricky Collins's supervision and care, jointly and severally, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 11, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. McCready, McCready & Associates, Chicago, IL, Hugh M. Davis, Jr. (argued), Detroit, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mary E. Welsh (argued), Office of the Attorney General Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, MANION, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Ricky Collins committed suicide in his prison cell at the Sheridan Correctional Center in Sheridan, Illinois. Approximately fifty-five minutes before the suicide was discovered, Collins told a correctional officer that he wanted to see the prison crisis counselor because he was feeling suicidal. The officer relayed the request up the chain of command, but as it was passed along, the information that Collins was feeling suicidal was apparently...

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