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ELLIOTT v. CHESHIRE COUNTY, N.H.

No. 91-1038.

940 F.2d 7 (1991)

Guy C. ELLIOTT, Sr., as Voluntary Administrator of the Estate of Guy C. Elliott, Jr., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE; Patrick McManus, Cheshire County House of Corrections, Superintendent, Individually and in his Official Capacity; Carl Baird, Cheshire County House of Corrections, Corrections Supervisor, Individually and in his Official Capacity; Angie Malloy, Cheshire County House of Corrections, Corrections Officer, Individually and in her Official Capacity; Robert Norton, Cheshire County House of Corrections, Corrections Officer, Individually and in his Official Capacity; Arthur Whipple, Cheshire County House of Corrections, Corrections Officer, Individually and in his Official Capacity; Richard Clapp, Cheshire County House of Corrections, Corrections Officer, Individually and in his Official Capacity; John Thornton, Cheshire County House of Corrections, Corrections Officer, Individually and in his Official Capacity; and M.P. Ranhoff, New Hampshire State Police, Trooper, Individually and in his Official Capacity, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 25, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Romeyn Davis with whom Katharine Lord Klein and Bragdon and Berkson, P.C., were on brief, Keene, N.H., for plaintiff, appellant.

Emily Gray Rice, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom John P. Arnold, Atty. Gen. of New Hampshire, and Charles T. Putnam, Asst. Atty. Gen., were on brief, Concord, N.H., for defendant, appellee M.P. Ranhoff, and Thomas F. Kehr with whom Craig L. Staples, were on brief, Concord, N.H., for defendants, appellees Cheshire County, Patrick McManus, Carl Baird, Angie Malloy, Robert Norton, Arthur Whipple, Richard Clapp and John Thornton.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge, and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Guy Elliott, Jr., ("Guy") committed suicide while a pretrial detainee at the Cheshire County, New Hampshire, House of Corrections. His father, Guy Elliott, Sr., ("Elliott" or "plaintiff") brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the county, several individually named corrections officials and officers, and the arresting officer.1 Elliott now appeals from summary judgment in favor of all defendants.

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