STEPHANIE TROUTMAN, ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES R. TROUTMAN, JR. v. LOUISVILLE METRO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL.; LOUISVILLE-JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT; MARK E. BOLTON, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR, LOUISVILLE METRO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; JAMES COX, PRISON CLASSIFICATION INTERVIEWER, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY - Articles

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STEPHANIE TROUTMAN, ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES R. TROUTMAN, JR. v. LOUISVILLE METRO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL.; LOUISVILLE-JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT; MARK E. BOLTON, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR, LOUISVILLE METRO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; JAMES COX, PRISON CLASSIFICATION INTERVIEWER, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Oct 29, 2020

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED: Alphonse A. Gerhardstein, GERHARDSTEIN & BRANCH CO. LPA, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: ARGUED: J. Denis Ogburn, JEFFERSON COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellees.

Attorneys 3: ON BRIEF: Alphonse A. Gerhardstein, M. Caroline Hyatt, GERHARDSTEIN & BRANCH CO. LPA, Cincinnati, Ohio, Larry D. Simon, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellant.

Attorneys 4: ON BRIEF: J. Denis Ogburn, JEFFERSON COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellees.

Attorneys 5: ON BRIEF: David M. Shapiro, RODERICK & SOLANGE MACARTHUR JUSTICE CENTER, Chicago, Illinois, for Amici Curiae.

Judge(s): DAUGHTERY, DONALD, and READLER, Circuit Judges

BERNICE BOUIE DONALD, Circuit Judge. In this case, Charles Troutman, a pretrial detainee at the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections (“LMDC”), committed suicide after jail officials placed him in solitary confinement despite a recent suicide attempt. Plaintiff Stephanie Troutman (“Stephanie”), Charles’ daughter and administrator of his estate, filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the various defendants—(1) the classification officer, James Cox (“Cox”); (2) the LMDC Director, Mark Bolton (“Bolton”); and (3) the municipality itself, Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government (“Louisville Metro”)—were deliberately indifferent to the serious medical needs of her father. Stephanie appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of all three defendants. For the reasons explained below, we REVERSE and REMAND the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Cox. We AFFIRM the grant of summary judgment in favor of Bolton and Louisville- Jefferson County Metro Government.

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