Bank of Columbia v. Okeley

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “supervisory officials are not liable under § 1983 for the unconstitutional acts of their subordinates on the basis of respondeat superior or vicarious liability.”
• finding constitutional violation, in part because of guards’ failing to monitor inmates attentively and playing computer games in the guard stand
• “[S]upervisory officials are not liable under § 1983 for the unconstitutional acts of their subordinates on the basis of respondeat superior or vicarious liability.”
• Eighth Amendment violation established where the defendants knew of a violent inmate who posed a substantial risk of serious harm and failed to adequately supervise the inmate

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).