Mr. Justice Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court. Reagan Logue, a federal prisoner confined in a county-jail pending trial, fashioned a noose from a bandage covering a laceration on his left arm and hanged himself. His mother and adoptive father sued the United States for damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.…
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