Abdool-Rashaad v. Seiter

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• noting other evidence that guard was new on the job and that show of force was viewed as an appropriate way to control inmates
• stating that “the federal government owes a duty of reasonable care”
• granting limited discovery and an opportunity to amend the complaint to include specific facts
• de nying defendant’s motion to dismiss at the pleading stage to allow limited discovery and amendment of the complaint
• even an individual act of brutality by a county employee may be the basis for municipal liability where it arises from a municipal policy of inadequate training “so grossly negligent as to constitute ‘deliberate indifference.’ ”
• “[T]he United States has a duty to care event, as the Government concedes, a party may allege alternative, and even inconsistent, claims in a complaint. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(d

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).