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ARENAS v. CALHOUN

No. 18-50194.

922 F.3d 616 (2019)

Maria ARENAS, Individually, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John CALHOUN, in His Individual Capacity, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 26, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff S. Edwards , David James , Scott Charles Medlock , Edwards Law, Austin, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Angela Ellen Cusimano , Roger A. Chalmers , Assistant Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, State of Georgia, Department of Law, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

While patrolling the administrative segregation unit of a state prison, Officer John Calhoun saw that inmate Richard Tavara was hanging from a noose around his neck with a bedsheet suspended from the ceiling sprinkler head. Because he was unable to see Tavara's feet through the small window in the cell door, Calhoun...

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