Colburn v. Upper Darby Township

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · Decided 1991-10-10

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OPINION OF THE COURT STAPLETON, Circuit Judge: We are called upon again to consider the standards governing a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action brought in the aftermath of the suicide of a pretrial detainee. Sue Ann Col-burn alleges that Upper Darby Township (“Upper Darby”), its police department, and an individual police officer violated her daughter’s due process rights by…

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