Tenth Circuit· 7/27/1993

Hovater v. Robinson

Citations

1 F.3d 1063
1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 19355

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concluding that the sheriff did not disregard an obvious risk to inmate safety by allowing a male guard to have custody of a female inmate absent any indication that he would assault her
recognizing inmate’s right to be protected from known risk of sexual assault by prison guard
holding sheriff was entitled to qualified immunity where he had no knowledge that officer was a threat to female inmates in part because “no female inmate had complained of sexual misconduct by [the officer in question] or any other detention officer”
holding sheriff was entitled to qualified immunity where he had no knowledge that officer was a threat to female inmates in part because “no female inmate had complained of sexual misconduct by [the officer in question] or any other detention officer”
rejecting conclusion \that every male guard is a risk to the bodily integrity of a female inmate whenever the two are left alone\ in absence of evidence \to support that conclusion\
rejecting “conclusion that every male guard is a risk to the bodily integrity of a female inmate whenever the two are left alone”

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