Seventh Circuit· 9/8/2000

Gregory May v. Michael F. Sheahan

Citations

226 F.3d 876
2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 22676
2000 WL 1277344

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holding that the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits the \use of bodily restraints in a manner that serves to punish a pre-trial detainee.\
concluding that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits the use of bodily restraints in a manner that serves to punish a pretrial detainee
explaining that “shackling all hospital detainees reduces the risk of a breach of security” but finding the application of such a policy “plainly excessive” on the facts of that case
finding that policy of continuously shackling an AIDS patient to a bed while under the constant watch of a guard was “plainly excessive in the absence of any indication that the detainee pose[d] some sort of security risk”
finding that policy of continuous shackling of an AIDS patient to a bed while under the constant watch of a guard was “plainly excessive in the absence of any indication that the detainee pose[d] some sort of security risk”
affirming denial of motion to dismiss where court could not determine reason for disparate treatment of pre-trial detainees without a record

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Judges: Flaum, Evans, Williams

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