Case Name: Fred HINES; Geneva Hines, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Steve PUCKETT, Commissioner of Mississippi Department of Corrections, Individually; James Anderson, Superintendent of Parchman, Individually; Jeffery Thompson, Individually; K. Ross, Individually; R. Rice, Individually; Stanley Russell, Medical Director, Individually; John Does, 1-20 In Their Individual and Official Capacity; Unknown Hunter, Officer, Individually, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-09-05
Citations: 73 F. App'x 764
Docket Number: No. 02-60848
Parties: Fred HINES; Geneva Hines, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Steve PUCKETT, Commissioner of Mississippi Department of Corrections, Individually; James Anderson, Superintendent of Parchman, Individually; Jeffery Thompson, Individually; K. Ross, Individually; R. Rice, Individually; Stanley Russell, Medical Director, Individually; John Does, 1-20 In Their Individual and Official Capacity; Unknown Hunter, Officer, Individually, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before GARWOOD, EMILIO M. GARZA and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 73
Pages: 764–766

Head Matter:
Fred HINES; Geneva Hines, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Steve PUCKETT, Commissioner of Mississippi Department of Corrections, Individually; James Anderson, Superintendent of Parchman, Individually; Jeffery Thompson, Individually; K. Ross, Individually; R. Rice, Individually; Stanley Russell, Medical Director, Individually; John Does, 1-20 In Their Individual and Official Capacity; Unknown Hunter, Officer, Individually, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 02-60848.
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Sept. 5, 2003.
Frank M. Ferrell, Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
John Lewis Clay, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before GARWOOD, EMILIO M. GARZA and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Plaintiffs Fred Hines and Geneva Hines appeal from the district court's grant of summary judgment, on the basis of qualified immunity, for James Anderson, Superintendent at Parchman, Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). The plaintiffs' civil rights suit stems from the suicide of their son, Clinton Hines, a prisoner then housed at Parchman. After a de novo review of the record, we affirm.
The plaintiffs argue that Anderson was deliberately indifferent to a dangerous condition created by Parchman's "Pharmacy Distribution Program," and thus violated Clinton Hines's Eight Amendment rights. The evidence does not reflect Anderson's personal involvement. See Thompson v. Steele, 709 F.2d 381, 382 (5th Cir.1983). Nor does it reflect that Anderson was involved in the implementation of the Pharmacy Distribution Program. See Thompkins v. Belt, 828 F.2d 298, 304 (5th Cir.1987). Moreover, the plaintiffs have failed to demonstrate a genuine issue of material fact that Anderson was subjectively aware either that Clinton Hines posed a substantial suicide risk or that the prison's policies concerning prescription drugs posed a substantial risk of increased inmate actual or attempted suicide. See Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 847, 114 S.Ct. 1970, 128 L.Ed.2d 811 (1994). Accordingly, summary judgment was proper even if we were to adopt the views expressed in Judge Kravitch's concurring opinion in Tittle v. Jefferson County Commission, 10 F.3d 1535, 1541 (11th Cir.1994). The alleged " 'failure to alleviate a significant risk that [the official] should have perceived, but did not' is insufficient to show deliberate indifference." Domino v. Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice, 239 F.3d 752, 756 (5th Cir.2001) (quoting Farmer, 511 U.S. at 838, 114 S.Ct. 1970).
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5 the Court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.