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COLBURN v. UPPER DARBY TP.

No. 90-1442.

946 F.2d 1017 (1991)

COLBURN, Sue Ann, Administratrix of the Estate of Melinda Lee Stierheim, Deceased, Appellant, v. UPPER DARBY TOWNSHIP, Upper Darby Township Police Department, Miller, Diane, Ind. and as Police Officer-Matron of Upper Darby Township, Kern, Martin, Police Commissioner of Upper Darby Township, and Ward, James J., Mayor of Upper Darby Township.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided October 10, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Pozzuolo, Gary M. Perkiss (argued), Pozzuolo & Perkiss, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Dean F. Murtagh, John P. Shusted (argued), Ellen M. Rebstock, German, Gallagher & Murtagh, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before STAPLETON, HUTCHINSON and GARTH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

STAPLETON, Circuit Judge:

We are called upon again to consider the standards governing a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action brought in the aftermath of the suicide of a pretrial detainee. Sue Ann Colburn alleges that Upper Darby Township ("Upper Darby"), its police department, and an individual police officer violated her daughter's due process rights by failing to prevent her suicide. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of...

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