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Sixth Circuit Says Kentucky DOC Chief Too “High Up the Chain of Command” to Be Liable for Prisoner’s Negligent Death
By David M. Reutter
Granting qualified immunity (QI) to acting Kentucky Department of Corrections (DOC) Commissioner James Erwin on October 8, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said he did not have supervisory liability for a state prisoner’s death allegedly caused by the negligence of privately ...
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