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Colorado Sheriff Liable for Guard’s Sexual Assault on Detainee

The Tenth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a female detainee’s complaint holding that the sheriff had knowledge of jail conditions that were substantially likely to result in the sexual assault of the detainee.

Huerfano County, Colorado detainee Michelle Tafoya filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint alleging that in 2001 ...

 

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