Sufficiency of Evidence

By: Derek Hawkins//January 22, 2019//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Vertulie Lapre v. City of Chicago

Case No.: 17-3024

Officials: EASTERBROOK, ROVNER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sufficiency of Evidence

Okoi Ofem committed suicide in a jail cell at a City of Chicago lockup. His mother, Vertulie Lapre, sued the City under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for failing to prevent her son’s death. Because Lapre lacks evidence that the City was deliberately indifferent to the risk of suicide for detainees held in City lockups and also cannot show that the City’s policies and practices were the cause of Ofem’s death, we affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the City.

Affirmed

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Derek A Hawkins is trademark corporate counsel for Harley-Davidson. Derek oversees the prosecution and maintenance of the Harley-Davidson’s international trademark portfolio in emerging markets.

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