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Fifth Circuit Expands Qualified Immunity Defense

Loaded on Oct. 15, 1998 published in Prison Legal News October, 1998, page 25
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Bedding, Qualified Immunity, Municipal Liability, Suicides. Location: Mississippi.
In a lengthy opinion which may have dire consequences for prisoners seeking to resist qualified immunity defenses, the Fifth Circuit held that city jail guards had a duty, which was clearly established in 1989, to protect prisoners from suicide. However, the court also held that intentionally leaving a blanket used ...

 

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