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                                                                              FILED
                           NOT FOR PUBLICATION                                OCT 23 2013

                                                                          MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                          U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

                            FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DEBORAH J. CANTRELL,                             No. 12-35374

              Plaintiff - Appellant,             D.C. No. 3:10-cv-03050-AC

  v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM*
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,

              Defendant - Appellee.

                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                             for the District of Oregon
                    John V. Acosta, Magistrate Judge, Presiding

                      Argued and Submitted October 8, 2013
                               Portland, Oregon

Before: SILVERMAN, W. FLETCHER, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

       Plaintiff-Appellant Deborah Cantrell appeals the district court’s decision

granting summary judgment to Defendant-Appellee the Commissioner of Social

        *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Security on her claims for benefits. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §

1291, and we vacate and remand.1

      Among other things, the administrative law judge (“ALJ”) found that

Cantrell did not establish degenerative disc disease as a severe impairment because

of a lack of supporting objective medical evidence, and also discounted Cantrell’s

self-reporting and her treating medical providers’ assessments for the same reason.

The Appeals Council denied Cantrell’s request for review, but incorporated a 2008

x-ray into the record that had not been presented to the ALJ. That x-ray showed

“marked multilevel degenerative changes” of the cervical spine.

      Under Brewes v. Commissioner of Social Security Admin., 682 F.3d 1157,

1163 (9th Cir. 2012), such “evidence becomes part of the administrative record,

which [we] must consider when reviewing the Commissioner’s final decision for

substantial evidence.” Because the 2008 x-ray may have implications for the

agency’s reasons for denying benefits, we vacate the district court’s judgment and

remand to the district court with instructions to remand to the agency to reconsider

its decision in light of the 2008 x-ray and any other additional evidence that may

exist. See id. at 1164 (indicating that we have discretion to remand “for additional

evidence and findings”).

      1
        As the parties are familiar with the facts of the case, we repeat only those
facts necessary to explain our decision.
VACATED and REMANDED.


462 F.2d 587
INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICAv.Daniel Lee McCLEAVE et al.Appeal of COMMITTEE ON CAMPS AND CONFERENCES OF the SOUTHERNNEW JERSEY ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF the UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH (formerly known asConference Center Commissionin No. 71-1594.Appeal of BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the SOUTHERN NEW JERSEYANNUAL CONFERENCE OF the UNITED METHODIST CHURCHin No. 71-1595.Appeal of the BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the SOUTHERN NEW JERSEYANNUAL CONFERENCE in No. 71-1596.
Nos. 71-1594 to 71-1596.
United States Court of Appeals,
Third Circuit.
Argued April 17, 1972.Decided May 10, 1972.

Frank F. Neutze, Jr., Cummins & Neutze, Pennsauken, N. J., for appellants.
William G. Bischoff, Taylor, Bischoff, Williams & Martin, Camden, N. J., for appellees.
Before ADAMS, GIBBONS and MAX ROSENN, Circuit Judges.
OPINION OF THE COURT
PER CURIAM:

1
On July 28, 1955, while attending a camp operated by the defendants in this action other than himself, Daniel McCleave, then a minor, sustained an injury which resulted in the loss of sight in one of his eyes.  The operators of the camp had in effect at that time insurance policies with both the Insurance Company of North America [I.N.A.], the plaintiff here, and Continental Casualty Co. Timely notice of the injury was given to Continental which proceeded to make payments of hospital and medical expenses pursuant to the policy issued by it.  Notice of the accident was not given to I.N.A., however, until September 9, 1968, more than thirteen years following the occurrence when Daniel McCleave issued a claim against the operators of the camp.  I.N.A. then opened a file and began to investigate the claim.  The investigation proved to be difficult because of the dimmed memories of those who had been present at the camp when the incident occurred, and because Continental had destroyed its files concerning the matter.

2
In June, 1969, Daniel McCleave filed suit in the New Jersey Superior Court against the other defendants in the present action based on the events occurring in 1955.  The papers were forwarded by the defendants in the New Jersey action to I.N.A. which referred the matter to its counsel.  By letter dated August 8, 1969, I.N.A. informed its assured that I.N.A. reserved all its rights to investigate and conduct the defense of the New Jersey suit brought by Daniel McCleave without waiving any of its defenses under the contract-late notice being one such defense.

3
In 1970, I.N.A. commenced the present action in the district court under the Federal Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2201, against Daniel McCleave and the operators of the camp, requesting the court to declare that there was no coverage under the policy issued by I.N.A. for the injuries sustained by Daniel McCleave in 1955.  After a trial without a jury, the district court entered judgment for I.N.A., and the defendant-operators of the camp appeal.

4
The only contention advanced by the appellants is that since I.N.A. waited eleven months before it sent a Reservation of Rights letter to the operators of the camp, it is now estopped from relying on the operators' delay in notifying I.N.A. of the occurrence of the accident.  Although a serious issue is raised by I. N.A. that the appellants waived their estoppel defense by failing to litigate the question at the trial, in view of the disposition we make of the case, it is unnecessary to decide the waiver question.

5
It is a well established rule that the party seeking to take advantage of the doctrine of estoppel must have relied to his detriment on some action or inaction by the other party.  See, 1 Williston on Contracts Sec. 139 (3d Ed. 1957).  And that concept is not foreign to this Court. "The appellants failing to show that they acted to their detriment in reasonable reliance on manifestations by RFC . . . no question of estoppel is presented."  Bailis v. Reconstruction Finance Corp., 128 F.2d 857, 859 (3d Cir. 1942) (Emphasis added).  See also, Allied Steel Construction Co. v. Employers Casualty Co., 422 F.2d 1369, 1371 (10th Cir. 1970).

6
The operators of the camp have failed to show any prejudice suffered by them as a result of their apparent assumption that I.N.A. would not disclaim coverage.  Thus, the doctrine of estoppel may not now be invoked to defeat I.N.A.'s action for declaratory judgment.

7
Accordingly, the judgment of the district court will be affirmed.


986 F.2d 104
Regina A. EVANS, Individually and as Representative of theEstate of Verna Rae Evans, Plaintiff-Decedent,Plaintiff-Appellant,v.CITY OF MARLIN, TEXAS, John Trousdale, Chief of Police ofMarlin, Texas, Randy Trice, and Pete Otholt,Defendants-Appellees.
No. 92-8424Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals,Fifth Circuit.
March 16, 1993.Rehearing Denied April 13, 1993.

James C. Plummer, Plummer & Associates, Houston, TX, for plaintiff-appellant.
Beverly Willis Bracken, Frederick D. Bostwick, III, David C. Tekell, Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee, Waco, TX, for City of Marlin, et al.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Before JOLLY, DUHE, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.
DUHE, Circuit Judge:

1
Verna Rae Evans was found dead in the Marlin, Texas city jail, a garden hose draped over the cell bars and around her neck.   Her daughter, Regina A. Evans, individually and as the representative of the Decedent's estate, sued the Police Chief and two officers asserting claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Texas law.   The thrust of the complaint alleged that Marlin's Police Department failed to use due care in Decedent's confinement.   The district court granted the Appellees' motion for summary judgment.   We find that the district court properly dismissed the federal claims because no constitutional violations are present.   The summary judgment on the state law claims, however, must be reversed and remanded, as there are issues of material fact.

Background and Procedural History

2
Decedent was arrested for public intoxication, taken to the Marlin City Jail, and placed in a cell alone.   Approximately two hours and fifteen minutes later, an officer discovered Evans hanging from the cell's bars, suspended by a garden hose normally used to wash down the jail floors.   An autopsy confirmed that the cause of death was asphyxia by hanging, and concluded that she committed suicide.1

3
Suit was brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1981), Texas Wrongful Death2 and Survivorship Statutes,3 and the Texas Tort Claims Act.4  The district court held that no violations of Decedent's constitutionally secured rights occurred.   Additionally, the court held that the Defendants-Appellees met their burden of proof in establishing suicide as an affirmative defense to the Texas state law claims.5  Summary judgment was entered against Regina A. Evans, and she now appeals.

Standard of Review

4
Summary judgment is appropriate if the record discloses "that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law."   Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c).   In reviewing the summary judgment, we apply the same standard of review as did the district court.  Waltman v. International Paper Co., 875 F.2d 468, 474 (5th Cir.1989);  Moore v. Mississippi Valley State Univ., 871 F.2d 545, 548 (5th Cir.1989).   The pleadings, depositions, admissions, and answers to interrogatories, together with affidavits, must demonstrate that no genuine issue of material fact remains.  Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 106 S.Ct. 2548, 91 L.Ed.2d 265 (1986).   To that end we must "review the facts drawing all inferences most favorable to the party opposing the motion."  Reid v. State Farm Mut. Auto.  Ins. Co., 784 F.2d 577, 578 (5th Cir.1986).   If the record taken as a whole could not lead a rational trier of fact to find for the nonmoving party, there is no genuine issue for trial.  Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 587, 106 S.Ct. 1348, 1356, 89 L.Ed.2d 538 (1986);  see Boeing Co. v. Shipman, 411 F.2d 365, 374-75 (5th Cir.1969) (en banc).

5
§ 1983 Claims

6
The elements of a § 1983 cause of action are:  (1) a deprivation of rights secured by the constitution, (2) by a person acting under color of state law.  Daniels v. Williams, 474 U.S. 327, 330-31, 106 S.Ct. 662, 664-65, 88 L.Ed.2d 662 (1986);  Augustine v. Doe, 740 F.2d 322, 324-25 (5th Cir.1984).   A § 1983 claim may lie when a prisoner's obviously serious medical needs are met with "deliberate indifference" by officials.   See Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 105, 97 S.Ct. 285, 291, 50 L.Ed.2d 251 (1976);  Burns v. City of Galveston, 905 F.2d 100, 103 (5th Cir.1990).   Likewise, "The failure to provide pre-trial detainees with adequate protection from their known suicidal impulses is actionable under § 1983...."  Rhyne v. Henderson County, 973 F.2d 386, 391 (5th Cir.1992) (emphasis supplied).

7
Appellant contends that the city acted with deliberate indifference towards the Decedent's right to protection from her own suicidal tendencies.   This indifference was allegedly illustrated by the failure to provide adequate training to police officers in dealing with suicidal prisoners, and failure to adopt policies to prevent detainees from taking their own lives.

8
Failure to train police personnel can support § 1983 liability "only where the failure to train amounts to a deliberate indifference to the rights of persons with whom the police come into contact."  City of Canton, Ohio v. Harris, 489 U.S. 378, 388, 109 S.Ct. 1197, 1204, 103 L.Ed.2d 412 (1989).   We recently addressed the issue of training to detect suicidal detainees in Burns v. City of Galveston, 905 F.2d 100 (5th Cir.1990).   A municipality should be required to provide its police officers with minimal training to detect "obvious medical needs of detainees with known, demonstrable, and serious mental disorders."  Id. at 104 (emphasis supplied).   Police personnel are not required to "unerringly detect suicidal tendencies;"  such an exacting standard "requires the skills of an experienced medical professional with psychiatric training...."  Id.   Recognizing these practical realities, the Burns court held that detainees have no absolute right to a complete psychological examination.  Id.  Absent such a right, the failure to train custodial officials in screening procedures to detect latent suicidal tendencies does not rise to the level of a constitutional violation.  Id.;  cf. Partridge v. Two Unknown Police Officers, 791 F.2d 1182, 1184 (5th Cir.1986) (§ 1983 liability may exist where suicidal tendencies obvious to arresting officers).

9
Here there was no indication that Verna Rae Evans would take her own life.   The officers' affidavits showed that the Decedent did not exhibit any apparent suicidal behavior on the night of her death, and that she had been in the Marlin City Jail on prior occasions and had never exhibited such an inclination.   R. at 153 (affidavit of Peter Otholt);  R. at 175 (affidavit of Randy Trice).   The Appellant did not controvert this evidence.   In the absence of any manifest signs that the Decedent was a danger to herself, the city's failure to train police personnel to detect potential suicidal impulses does not give rise to a deprivation of constitutional rights.  Rhyne v. Henderson County, 973 F.2d 386, 391 (5th Cir.1992);  Burns v. City of Galveston, 905 F.2d 100, 104 (5th Cir.1990).

10
Plaintiff-Appellant also argues that the failure to adopt and implement adequate policies regarding care for potentially suicidal inmates amounts to deliberate indifference on the city's part, and that such indifference contributed to the deprivation of Decedent's rights.

11
To serve as a basis for § 1983 liability, the failure to promulgate municipal policy must amount to "an intentional choice, not merely an unintentionally negligent oversight."  Rhyne, 973 F.2d at 392 (citing City of Canton, Ohio v. Harris, 489 U.S. 378, 389, 109 S.Ct. 1197, 1205, 103 L.Ed.2d 412 (1989)).   A failure to adopt a policy rises to the level of deliberate indifference "when it is obvious that the likely consequences of not adopting a policy will be a deprivation of civil rights."  Rhyne, 973 F.2d at 392.

12
The Marlin Police Department has policies in place for the safe incarceration of inmates.   See R. at 130-46.   No controverting evidence was presented that these policies were implemented with deliberate indifference towards the plight of suicidal detainees.   At most, these policies were not strictly followed on the night of Verna Rae Evans' death.   Had they been she would not have had access to the hose.6  The proximity of the hose to her cell may have been negligence, but the negligent acts of an official will not support liability under § 1983.   See Daniels v. Williams, 474 U.S. 327, 328, 106 S.Ct. 662, 663, 88 L.Ed.2d 662 (1986);  see also Davidson v. Cannon, 474 U.S. 344, 347, 106 S.Ct. 668, 670, 88 L.Ed.2d 677 (1986) ("[W]here a government official is merely negligent in causing the injury, no procedure for compensation is constitutionally required.").   Consequently, it cannot be said that the city acted with deliberate indifference in this policy making endeavor:  "Put another way, a reasonable juror could not find that [Marlin, Texas] adopted policies creating an obvious risk that pretrial detainees' constitutional rights would be violated."  Rhyne, 973 F.2d at 392.7

Texas Tort Claims Act

13
Appellant argues that summary judgment was improvidently entered on her pendant state law claims.   A Texas municipality can be liable for personal injury or death caused by a condition or use of tangible personal or real property under its control.   See Tex.Civ.Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 101.021 (West 1986);  see also Hale v. Sheikholeslam, 724 F.2d 1205, 1209 (5th Cir.1984) ("If nondefective property is alleged to have been used or misused by an officer acting within the scope of employment so as to cause the injury, a cause of action is stated.")  (citing Salcedo v. El Paso Hosp. Dist., 659 S.W.2d 30, 32 (Tex.1983)).

14
In a civil action for wrongful death, a defendant can plead and prove suicide as an affirmative defense.   This defense succeeds only if:

15
the plaintiff's conduct was the sole cause of the damages sustained;  provided, however, if the suicide was caused in whole or in part by a failure on the part of any defendant to comply with an applicable legal standard, then such suicide or attempted suicide shall not be a defense.

16
Tex.Civ.Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 93.001 (West Supp.1992) (emphasis added).

17
The district court held that there was no evidence to counter the autopsy's conclusion that Evans' death was a suicide.   The Appellant, however, presented expert testimony that Appellees' negligence played a part in Verna Rae Evans' suicide.   See R. at 247-49 (e.g., failure to have "protrusion-free cells," and the accessibility of the hose).   Furthermore, the Chief of Police testified that there is a duty to protect inmates, and it is a breach of this duty to allow inmates access to objects with which they could harm themselves.   R. at 212.

18
This evidence creates a genuine issue of material fact, at least with respect to the applicability of § 93.001's affirmative defense of suicide.   First, the defense is available only if the decedent's conduct was the sole cause of death.   There has been evidence presented which raises the possibility that Appellees' negligence played a role in the suicide.8  Additionally, if the suicide was even partially caused by the Appellees' breach of "an applicable legal standard," the affirmative defense of suicide is unavailable.   Whether or not the conduct of the Appellees' amounts to a breach of the legal standard of due care is a question of fact.   Because we must review the facts drawing all inferences in a light most favorable to the non-movant,9 we cannot say that no genuine issue of fact remains.

Conclusion

19
The Appellant does not state any claims of constitutional deprivation that would support liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.   Summary judgment in favor of the Defendants-Appellees on this issue is AFFIRMED.   The Appellant has presented sufficient evidence on her state law claims to create a valid issue of material fact.   Summary judgment on the state law claims is REVERSED, and we REMAND these claims to the district court.10

1
 In her brief on appeal, Appellant concedes that no city personnel actively participated in Evans' death.   Furthermore, although a Fourth Amendment excessive force claim and an Eighth Amendment violation were pleaded, these claims have been abandoned on appeal;  the issues were not raised or briefed by Appellant.   See Fed.R.App.P. 28(a)(4);  Price v. Digital Equipment Corp., 846 F.2d 1026, 1028 (5th Cir.1988);  In re Texas Mortgage Servs.  Corp., 761 F.2d 1068, 1073-74 (5th Cir.1985)

2
 Tex.Civ.Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. §§ 71.001-.011 (West 1986)

3
 Id. at § 71.021

4
 Id. at §§ 101.001-.109.   This section abrogates governmental immunity in certain instances:
A governmental unit in the state is liable for:
(2) personal injury and death so caused by a condition or use of tangible personal or real property if the governmental unit would, were it a private person, be liable to the claimant according to Texas law.
Id. at § 101.021.

5
 Tex.Civ.Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 93.001 (West Supp.1992), provides:
(a) It is an affirmative defense to a civil action for damages for personal injury or death that the plaintiff, at the time the cause of action arose, was:
(2) committing or attempting to commit suicide, and the plaintiff's conduct in committing or attempting to commit suicide was the sole cause of the damages sustained;  provided, however, if the suicide was caused in whole or in part by a failure on the part of any defendant to comply with an applicable legal standard, then such suicide or attempted suicide shall not be a defense.

6
 The failure to follow procedural guidelines, standing alone, does not implicate constitutional liability.  Gagne v. City of Galveston, 805 F.2d 558, 559-60 (5th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 483 U.S. 1021, 107 S.Ct. 3266, 97 L.Ed.2d 764 (1987)

7
 The district court also concluded that the individual defendants were entitled to qualified immunity.   R. at 269.   We do not reach this issue with respect to § 1983 liability because no constitutional deprivation is present.   Whether or not immunity is proper regarding the Texas state law claims is a question left for the trial court to address on remand.   See, e.g., Huddleston v. Maurry, 841 S.W.2d 24, 28-29 (Tex.Ct.App.--Dallas 1992) (issue of fact whether officers acted in good faith when carrying out discretionary duties so as to qualify for common law immunity) (writ filed Nov. 20, 1992)

8
 The Appellees cite Exxon Corp. v. Brecheen, 526 S.W.2d 519 (Tex.1975), for the " 'general rule' " that suicide is an " 'intervening force which breaks the line of causation....' "  Id. at 523 (quoting Civil Liability for Death By Suicide, 11 A.L.R.2d 751 (1950)).   This case is not controlling on the causation issue for two reasons.   First, this case predates Tex.Civ.Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 93.001 (West Supp.1992).   The language of the statute indicates that suicide will not act as an affirmative defense if it was caused in part by a failure of the defendant to comply with an applicable legal standard.  Id.  This is a departure from the "general rule" that absolves a tortfeasor of liability when the injured party takes their own life.   Second, Exxon Corp. v. Brecheen dealt with a negligent act which resulted in the uncontrollable impulse to commit suicide.   Any negligence in the instant case is not alleged to have caused the suicidal tendencies;  rather, the acts complained of may have facilitated the suicide

9
 Reid v. State Farm Mut. Auto.  Ins. Co., 784 F.2d 577, 578 (5th Cir.1986)

10
 Appellant's pendent state law claims were properly before the district court via its exercise of supplemental jurisdiction.   See 28 U.S.C. § 1367 (Supp.1992).   On remand, the district court will not have the federal question "hook" on which it can hang the pendent state law claims.   However, this is not fatal to the exercise of federal jurisdiction.   The court is vested with discretion to decide whether or not supplemental jurisdiction continues to be appropriate.   See id. at § 1367(c);   Rhyne v. Henderson County, 973 F.2d 386, 395 (5th Cir.1992)