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BARKES v. FIRST CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL, INC.

No. 12-3074.

766 F.3d 307 (2014)

Karen BARKES, as administratrix of the Estate of Christopher Barkes; Alexandra Barkes; Brittany Barkes, v. FIRST CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL, INC.; Stanley Taylor; Raphael Williams; Certain Unknown Individual Employees of the State of Delaware Department of Corrections; Certain Unknown Individual Employees of First Correctional Medical, Inc.; State of Delaware Department of Corrections Stanley Taylor and Raphael Williams, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: September 5, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine C. Damavandi , (argued), Marc P. Niedzielski , Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE, Counsel for Appellants.

Jeffrey K. Martin , (argued), Martin & Associates, Wilmington, DE, Counsel for Appellees.

Before: AMBRO, FISHER and HARDIMAN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FISHER, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, we consider whether two prison administrators are entitled to qualified immunity from an Eighth Amendment claim that serious deficiencies in the provision of medical care by a private, third-party provider resulted in an inmate's suicide. We agree with the District Court that they are not. For reasons to be discussed, we will affirm.

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