The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the grant of summary judgment to Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department officials who interacted with a man who died in the county jail.

TheIndianaLawyer.com is reporting that In November 2013, Dennis Simpson reported to the Bartholomew County Jail to serve a weekend of confinement as part of his punishment for an earlier drunken driving violation. When he arrived at the jail, Simpson’s blood alcohol content was found it to be 0.23 percent. Later, when jail staff believed Simpson to be sober, the inmate was moved to a cell with bunk beds. That night, Simpson fell from the top bunk and hit his head on the concrete floor after experiencing an alcohol withdrawal seizure. He later died from his injuries.

Simpson’s son and sister filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana in 2015 against the five officers who attended to Simpson and former Bartholomew County Sheriff Mark Gorbett, alleging they were deliberately indifferent to Simpson’s medical needs and that they subjected him to inhumane conditions. Senior Judge Sarah Evans Barker granted summary judgment to all defendants on all claims.

The 7th Circuit then determined Simpson’s estate provided no evidence that he was still drunk when he was given a bed after 13 hours in a holding cell. Additionally, the appellate court said the estate failed to show how jail officials could have provided care or additional care for Simpson’s obesity or chronic alcoholism.