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Sexual Harassment Actionable
Loaded on June 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1998, page 26
The court of appeals for the seventh circuit held that sexual harassment by prison staff is actionable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The ruling is important because it defines when prison staff act under "color of state law" for liability purposes. Eric Walker, an Illinois state prisoner, filed suit against ...
Filed under:
Staff-Prisoner Harassment,
Failure to Protect (General),
Civil Procedure,
Defenses,
Parties.
Location:
Illinois.
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