Clarence Jason v. James LeBlanc

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• discussing the “similarity” requirement to hold that physical assault with a mop or broom was distinguishable from physical assault with a sling blade for purposes of the deliberate indifference analysis
• noting “Connick require[s] that only very similar violations could jointly form a pattern”
• describing the myriad “creative” implements prisoners have concocted to injure others, including “shanks, toothbrush shivs, ruler shivs, ladle shivs, tightly-rolled- newspaper spears (successfully used to kill a guard in 1985), [and] broken black binder clips” (cleaned up)
• “[The plaintiff] sustained a serious head wound[ ], so his injury meets the first requirement of the Farmer standard.”
• “[T]hree yard fights with brooms and one with a mop just aren’t enough to constitute a pattern.”
• “[O]nly very similar violations could jointly form a pattern.” (citing Connick, 563 U.S. at 62); Ololade v. City of Houston, No. 4:20-cv-04040, 2022 WL 980275, at (S.D. Tex. Mar. 31, 2022

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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  Fifth Circuit· 2020-07-01· cited 52×
• Damond v. City of Rayville
  Fifth Circuit· 2025-02-06· cited 12×
• J.K.J. v. Polk County, Wisconsin
  Seventh Circuit· 2020-05-15
• State v. Perez
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2026-04-16

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-06· cited 41,449×
• Farmer v. Brennan
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-06· cited 28,443×
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-24· cited 22,846×
• City of Canton v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-28· cited 10,043×
• Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. Brown
  Supreme Court· 1997-04-28· cited 7,185×
• Rhodes v. Chapman
  Supreme Court· 1981-06-15· cited 6,761×
• Wilson v. Seiter
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-17· cited 6,530×
• Connick v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 2011-03-29· cited 4,276×
• Behrens v. Pelletier
  Supreme Court· 1996-02-21· cited 2,084×
• Estate of Davis Ex Rel. McCully v. City of North Richland Hills
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-04-11· cited 378×
• Freeman v. Gore
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-04-03· cited 360×
• Kinney v. Weaver
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-04-19· cited 321×
• Roberts v. City of Shreveport
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-01-13· cited 308×
• Wagner v. Bay City Texas
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-09-27· cited 200×
• Ontiveros v. City of Rosenberg, Tex.
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-03-30· cited 195×
• Bettina Littell v. Houston Independent Sch
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-06-27· cited 146×
• John Hogan v. City of Corpus Christi, Texas
  Fifth Circuit· 2013-07-15· cited 85×
• Samuel Williams v. Christopher Epps
  Fifth Circuit· 2015-07-28· cited 50×