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· 1/12/2012

Hydrick v. Hunter

Citations

  • 669 F.3d 937
  • 2012 WL 89157
  • 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 628

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that “[e]ven under a ‘deliberate indifference’ theory of individual liability, the Plaintiffs must still allege sufficient facts to plausibly establish the defendant’s ‘knowledge of and ‘acquiescence in’ the unconstitutional conduct of his subordinates”
  • stating that civilly committed SVPs undergo a five-phase treatment program and that 6 conditional release is granted if phase five is completed
  • suing Defendant Robertson, the former Warden, and 4 Defendant Smith, the current Acting Warden
  • suing Defendant Robertson, the 27 former Warden, and Defendant Smith, the current Acting Warden
  • “Qualified immunity is only an immunity from a suit for money damages, and does not provide immunity from a suit seeking declaratory or injunctive relief.”
  • qualified immunity is only from suits for damages, “[c]laims for injunctive and declaratory relief are unaffected by qualified immunity.”

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Judges: Schroeder, Pregerson, Trott

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