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ESTATE OF BRADICH v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 04-3626.

413 F.3d 688 (2005)

Delores BRADICH, Administrator of the Estate of Melvin Bradich, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 1, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Foley (argued), Foley & Foley, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mara S. Georges, Emily K. Paster (argued), Office of the Corporation Counsel, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, KANNE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

When police arrested Melvin Bradich on October 23, 1999, he was drunk — fitting, as the reason for his arrest was a warrant for driving while intoxicated. He was no stranger to the lockup; this was his twenty-fourth arrest. Police booked him and put him in a cell at the stationhouse, pending his arraignment and transfer to the county jail. At this point matters departed from routine, because within 90 minutes Bradich had hanged himself...

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