Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit July 24, 1997, No. 96-1160 (Mathis v. Fairman)

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Jerome Mathis committed suicide while incarcerated at the Cook County Jail, awaiting trial on a murder charge. His mother, Dorothy Mathis, filed suit against Gerome Jenkins, one of the cadets (guards in training) at the jail, as well as J.W. Fairman, the Executive Director of the Cook County Department of Corrections.