Bryant v. Boyd County Detention Center

Case Background

Derrick Bryant's estate, representing his daughter, filed a civil rights lawsuit against the officers at Boyd County Detention Center after Derrick took his own life after nine days in an isolation cell. The lawsuit alleged the correctional officers were deliberately indifferent to his deteriorating medical condition as well as being negligent and claimed their conduct constituted an Eighth Amendment violation. The case was filed in the United States District Court, Kentucky Eastern. Judge Danny C. Reeves presided over this case. [Case number: 0:22-18]

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