Opinion ID: 673674
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: deliberate indifference to leitzsey's need for resuscitation

Text: 41 Plaintiff Leitzsey also claims that Officers Findley, Tevepaugh, and Brown were deliberately indifferent to her son's serious need for medical treatment after he was discovered hanging in his cell. We disagree. When Findley and Tevepaugh examined Leitzsey, they found no pulse or respiration. Based on the absence of pulse and respiration, in combination with Leitzsey's appearance and the temperature of his body, Findley and Tevepaugh believed that Leitzsey was dead. Shortly thereafter, Brown arrived and directed that the officers not begin resuscitation. Because the officers believed that Leitzsey was dead, their failure to attempt to resuscitate him was at most negligence. Therefore, they are entitled to qualified immunity.