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O n A p p ea l from the U n it ed S tat es D istri ct C o u rt f o r th e E a ste rn D istric t o f P e n n sy lv a n ia ( D . C . C i v. N o. 06- 03033) H onor abl e St ew ar tD al zel l , D i s t r i ctJ udge Subm i t t ed underT hi r d C i r cui tL A R 34. 1( a)

N ovember3, 2009 B E FO R E : SC I R I C A , C hi ef J udge, and J O R D A N and G R E E N B E R G , C i r cui tJ udges ( Fi l ed: N ovember16, 2009)2 OPI NI ON O F THE COURT G R E E N B E R G , C i r cui tJ udge. T h is m a tter c o m e s o n b e f o re th is C o u rt o n a p p e a l f ro m o rd e rs g ra n tin g m o tio n s to di s m i s s and s um m aryj udgm entdat ed D ece m ber19, 2007, and J anuary12 and 13, 2009, and fr om a fi nal j udgm entdat ed February10, 2009, ent er ed fol l ow i ng a s ubs equent nonj ur yt r i al . C ur t i s W ood, as admi ni s t r at orof the Est at e of D evon Lee R ei d, br ought th e se c o n so lid a ted a c tio n s a g a in st th e C ityo f L a n c a ste r a g a in st w h o m h e su b se q u e n tly vol unt ar i l ydi s m i s s ed the ca s e, t he C ount yof Lancas t er , and ce r t ai n offi cer s and i ndi vi dual s as s oci at ed w i t h t hes e ent i t i es . U l t i m at el y , al l t he def endant s r emai ni ng aft er t he di s m i s s al of the C i t yw er e compl et el ys ucce s s ful on m ot i ons t o di s m i s s and for s um m aryj udgm entexce ptforcorr ect i ons offi cerJ ames Fl ahert yw ho pr evai l ed att he t r i al , and thus t he D i s t r i ctC our tdi s m i s s ed orr ender ed j udgm entagai ns tR ei d on t he ent i r e ca s e. T he ac t i on ar os e i n t he af t erm ath of R ei d’ s arr es tand i ncar cer at i on i n t he L a n c a s t e rCo u n t yP r i s o n f o l l o wi n g h i s a l t e r c a t i o n wi t h L a n c a s t e rCi t yp o l i c e o f f i c e r s . As a cons equenc e of Rei d’ s bi zarr e beha vi ordur i ng confi nement , t he pr i s on pl ace d hi m on m e d ica l o b se rv a tio n a n d su icid e sta tu s. U n f o rtu n a tely , o n S e p tem b e r 1 7 , 2 0 0 4 , w h ile R eid w as in p ri so n h e su ff ere d a p u lm o n aryem b o li sm , i. e., a b lock ag e o f h is pu lm o n ary ar t eryorone of i t s br anche s , caus i ng hi s death. W e ar e notaw ar e of a nybas i s i n t he3

r ecor d t o concl ude thatbyhi s vol unt aryact i on, i . e. , a s ui ci de, R ei d br oughtaboutt he e mb o l i s m. N o tw ith sta n d in g th e c irc u m sta n c e th a t R e id d ied f ro m n a tu ra l ca u se s h is e sta te br oughtt hi s act i on agai ns tdefe ndant s under42 U . S. C . § 1983, as s er t i ng E i ght h and Four t eenth A m endmentdel i ber at e i ndi ffe r ence cl ai m s i n w hi ch he i ncl uded cl ai m s under M onel l v. D epart m entof Soci al Ser vi ces , 436 U . S. 658, 98 S. C t . 2018 ( 1978) , agai ns tt he C ount yand Pr i s on w ar den V i ncentG uar i ni , and he a l s o as s er t ed s uppl ement al s t at e l aw cl ai m s . T he D i s t r i ctC our thad j ur i s di ct i on under28 U . S. C . § 1331, 28 U . S. C . § 1343, and 28 U . S. C . § 1367, and w e have j ur i s di ct i on under28 U . S. C . § 1291. E ven though W ood’ s not i ce of

appea l r eci t es t hathe i s appea l i ng, i nt eral i a, fr om t he fi nal j udgm ent ent er ed af

t ert he nonj ur yt r i al on February10, 2009, he does notchal l enge the out come of that tr ial b u t, instead , fo cu ses h is ap p ea l on the p retri al disp o sit ion s. T h u s, w e a re exer ci s i ng pl enaryr evi ew on t hi s appea l . See Sant os ex r el . B eat o v. U ni t ed St at es , 559 F. 3d 189, 193 ( 3d C i r . 2009) ; R odr i guez v. O urL adyof Lourde s M ed. C t r . , 552 F. 3d 297, 3 0 2 (3d C ir . 2 0 0 8 ). W e h av e re v iew ed the c o m p reh en sive o p inion o f th e D istri ct C o u rtd ated Jan u ary 1 3 , 2 0 0 9 , an d c o m p re h e n siv e e x p lan a to ryo rd e r d a ted D e c e m b e r 1 9 , 2 0 0 7 , an d a re in c o m p le te a g re e m e n t w ith th o s e d is p o s itio n s a n d c a n n o t a d d a n yth in g s ig n if ic a n t to th e m . A ccor di ngl y , and t aki ng i nt o acc ountt he ci r cumst ance t hatW ood has notchal l enged the F eb rua ry1 0 , 2 0 0 9 jud g m en t on this ap p ea l, the o rde rs of D ec em b er 1 9 , 2 0 0 7 , an d Jan u ary4

12 and 13, 2009, and the j udgm entof February10, 2009, w i l l be af fi r m ed.