ESTATE OF SISK v. MANZANARES

No. 00-4088-JPO.

270 F.Supp.2d 1265 (2003)

The ESTATE OF Scotty Ray SISK, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Joel MANZANARES, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

June 23, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee R. Barnett, Keith E. Renner, Barnett & Renner, PA, Auburn, KS, Kenneth D. Winford, Tenth Judicial District Public Defender, Olathe, KS, for Plaintiffs.

Craig C. Blumreich, William A. Larson, Gehrt & Roberts, Chartered, Timothy A. Shultz, Parker & Hay, LLP, Topeka, KS, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

O'HARA, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. Introduction.

This action arises from the suicide of Scotty Ray Sisk ("Sisk") while he was incarcerated at the Shawnee County Department of Corrections ("the DOC") in Topeka, Kansas. The plaintiffs, Sisk's estate and his survivors, asserted claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that various employees of the DOC violated Sisk's Eighth Amendment rights by being deliberately...

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