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PARTRIDGE v. TWO UNKNOWN POLICE OFFICERS OF HOUSTON

No. 83-2615.

791 F.2d 1182 (1986)

Ralph PARTRIDGE and Betty Partridge, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TWO UNKNOWN POLICE OFFICERS OF the CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 13, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Mustachio, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Mary Madigan Dinan, Houston, Tex., for City of Houston and Houston Police.

D. Reid Walker, Houston, Tex., for Morris.

Before WISDOM, RANDALL and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs/appellants, Ralph and Betty Partridge, assert a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 arising from the suicide of their son, Michael, while he was a pretrial detainee in a municipal jail in Houston, Texas.1 We withdrew our initial opinion,2 and now substitute this opinion restating our reasons for reversing and remanding this case to the district court.

The district...

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