Opinion ID: 4531499
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Text: In Gray v. City of Detroit, we observed that “[s]uicide is a difficult event to predict and prevent and often occurs without warning.” 399 F.3d 612, 616 (6th Cir. 2005). That is the sad reality in this case. Angela White overdosed on blood pressure medication while a pretrial detainee at Defendant-Appellee Wayne County’s Jail (“County” or “Jail”) and died. White had been permitted to keep 45 pills on her person pursuant to Wayne County Jail’s “Keep on Person” (“KOP”) program, which allows inmates to keep with them certain drugs for self-administration. In this § 1983 action White’s former fiancé, Jacob Andrews, alleges that the Jail’s KOP policy and inmate intake policy violate the constitutional rights of inmates and pretrial detainees like White who are emotionally unstable and potentially suicidal. The district court granted summary judgment to the County, holding that the facts did not establish municipal liability or deliberate indifference toward White. This appeal follows.