By: Derek Hawkins//August 1, 2017//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: Estate of Ryan L. Clark v. Bruce Walker, et al.
Case No.: 16-3560; 16-3644
Officials: FLAUM, KANNE, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges. HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Focus: Jurisdiction – Denial of Qualified Immunity
Because this is an appeal from a denial of summary judgment, our jurisdiction is quite limited. We have jurisdiction to review only the denial of qualified immunity and only to the extent the denial turned on questions of law. This narrows our consideration to two issues: whether Nurse Kuehn was entitled to qualified immunity as a private medical contractor, and whether it was clearly established that Clark had a right to be free from deliberate indifference to his serious risk of suicide. We agree with the district court on both points, so we affirm its denial of summary judgment for these two defendants.
Affirmed