Estate of Simpson v. Gorbett

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 2017-07-14

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WOOD, Chief Judge. This case concerns the death of Dennis Simpson, an inmate who fell off an upper bunk while incarcerated in the Bartholomew County Jail for a drunken driving conviction. Simpson was intoxicated when he reported to the jail to serve his weekend stay, prompting officers initially to place him in a holding cell. After they thought he was sober, they assigned him to an upper bunk in a two-person cell, even thou…

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