ESTATE OF BURGAZ v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

No. 21-1049.

30 F.4th 1181 (2022)

The ESTATE OF Susanne BURGAZ, BY AND THROUGH personal representatives Erika ZOMMER, Kristian Arnold, and Amelia Eudailey; Erika Zommer, individually; Kristian Arnold, individually; Amelia Eudailey, individually, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY COLORADO; Jeff Shrader, in his official capacity; Petrina Pesapane, individually; Joseph Scalise, individually, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED April 14, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zachary D. Warren , Highlands Law Firm, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Rebecca P. Klymkowsky , Assistant County Attorney, Jefferson County Attorney's Office, Golden, Colorado ( Rachel Bender , Assistant County Attorney, Jefferson County Attorney's Office, Golden, Colorado, and Gordon Vaughan and David R. DeMuro , Vaughan & DeMuro, Denver, Colorado, with her on the brief) for Defendants-Appellees.

Before TYMKOVICH, Chief Judge, HARTZ, and MATHESON, Circuit Judges.


Following Susanne Burgaz's suicide in the Jefferson County Detention Facility, Ms. Burgaz's children and estate sued two individual Jefferson County Sheriff's deputies on duty the night she died, and various other County officials. They argued the deputies were deliberately indifferent...

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