Cook v. Roth.U.S. District Court PRISONER SUICIDE Cook v. Roth, 264 F.Supp.2d 1062 (S.D.Fla. 2003). In an action that alleged deliberate indifference by jail officials to an inmate's risk of suicide, officials moved to exclude expert witness testimony and to preclude any reference to other suicides at the jail. The district court held that the expert would be precluded from testifying regarding the adequacy of the jail's screening methods that were intended to identify inmates' suicidal su·i·cid·al adj. 1. Of or relating to suicide. 2. Likely to attempt suicide. tendencies. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the court, weaknesses in a jail's screening methods, without more, is insufficient to show deliberate indifference. The court held that evidence of other inmate INMATE. One who dwells in a part of another's house, the latter dwelling, at the same time, in the said house. Kitch. 45, b; Com. Dig. Justices of the Peace, B 85; 1 B. & Cr. 578; 8 E. C. L. R. 153; 2 Dowl. & Ry. 743; 8 B. & Cr. 71; 15 E. C. L. R. 154; 2 Man. & Ry. 227; 9 B. & Cr. suicides at the jail was not relevant to the defendants' ability to foresee the suicide of the inmate whose suicide was at issue in this case. (Monroe County, Florida Monroe County is a county located in the state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 79,589. The U.S. Census Bureau 2006 estimate for the county is 74,737. [1] Monroe County includes the islands of the Florida Keys. Its county seat is Key West, Florida. ) |
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