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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

CURTIS WOOD : CIVIL ACTION

v. CITY OF LANCASTER, et al.  :: : :  NO. 06-3033
MEMORANDUM  
Dalzell, J.  January 13, 2009  

Plaintiff Curtis Wood, administrator of the estate of
Devon Lee Reid, sued the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, certain
of its police officers, Lancaster County, and certain of its
prison officials and personnel for their alleged involvement in
Reid's death on September 17, 2004 while in Lancaster County
Prison ("LCP"). Wood later voluntarily dismissed his claims
against the City of Lancaster and its police officers.

We have already granted summary judgment in favor of
defendants Darlene Cauler and Elizabeth Haddox, two nurses at
LCP. The remaining defendants are Lancaster County, Warden
Vincent Guarini, Corrections Officer James Flaherty, Mental
Health Counselor Troy Waltz (together the "County defendants"),
Dr. Robert Doe, who was the prison medical director in 2004, and
Dr. Stephen Powers, who was the prison psychiatrist in 2004.

Wood asserts violations of the Americans with
Disabilities Act ("ADA") and state law wrongful death claims

against all the remaining defendants. He asserts Eighth and
Fourteenth Amendment deliberate indifference claims pursuant to
42 U.S.C.

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