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LAPRE v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 17-3024.

911 F.3d 424 (2018)

Vertulie LAPRE, Administrator of the Estate of Okoi Ofem, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 17, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abby Dana Bakos , Attorney, Brendan Shiller , Attorney, SHILLER PREYAR, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ruth F. Masters , Attorney, MASTERS LAW, Oak Park, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Easterbrook, Rovner, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.

Okoi Ofem committed suicide in a jail cell at a City of Chicago lockup. His mother, Vertulie Lapre, sued the City under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for failing to prevent her son's death. Because Lapre lacks evidence that the City was deliberately indifferent to the risk of suicide for detainees held in City lockups and also cannot...

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