Denise Coley v. Lucas County, Ohio

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• concluding that the plaintiff sufficiently alleged a county sheriff’s knowing acquiescence in unconstitutional conduct by alleging that the sheriff intentionally covered up his subordinates’ unconstitutional conduct to federal investigators
• concluding that the plaintiff sufficiently alleged a county sheriff’s knowing acquiescence in unconstitutional conduct by alleging that the sheriff intentionally covered up his subordinates’ unconstitutional conduct to federal investigators
• noting that to survive a motion to dismiss the plaintiff must plead factual content that allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for .the misconduct alleged
• finding that “the inquiry . . . focuses on the force itself rather than the injury.”
• determining that a supervisor did not enjoy qualified immunity after finding that the right violated by the excessively forceful subordinates was clearly established
• discussing that a sheriff might be liable for the conduct of subordinates where he “intentionally and deliberately made false statements to federal officials about [his] knowledge of [the] assault”

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