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BROWN v. HARRIS

No. 00-1127.

240 F.3d 383 (2001)

James BROWN, Administrator of the Estate of Robert Brown, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. G.W. HARRIS; Nancy Svec; J.O. Ogden, Defendants Appellees, and N.E. Bishop; A.E. Smith; R.G. Fields, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 16, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert John Haddad, Shuttleworth, Ruloff, Giordano & Swain, P.C., Virginia Beach, Virginia, for Appellant. Matthew P. Dullaghan, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee Svec; Samuel Lawrence Dumville, Virginia Beach, Virginia, for Appellees Harris and Ogden. ON BRIEF: Mark L. Earley, Attorney General of Virginia, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee Svec.

Before LUTTIG and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge LUTTIG wrote the opinion, in which Judge TRAXLER and Judge WILLIAMS joined.

OPINION

LUTTIG, Circuit Judge:

Decedent Robert Brown took his own life while detained by county officials on a probation violation. Appellant James Brown, the decedent's father and the administrator of his estate, brought state tort claims and federal constitutional claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against several officials who...

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