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· 5/22/1986

Jankowiak v. McAllister

Citations

  • 132 Misc. 2d 424
  • 503 N.Y.S.2d 951
  • 1986 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2710

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that the right must be clearly established “in light of the specific context of the case, not as a broad general proposition”
  • affirming summary judgment in defendant’s favor where the plaintiff “offer[ed] no evidence of a pattern of constitutional violations” and “[did] not argue that proving a pattern of constitutional violations is unnecessary”
  • affirming summary judgment in defendant’s favor where the plaintiff “offer[ed] no evidence of a pattern of constitutional violations” and “[did] not argue that proving a pattern of constitutional violations is unnecessary”
  • “[W]e apply the same deliberate- indifference standard no matter which amendment provides the constitutional basis for the claim.”
  • “The Fourteenth Amendment’s due-process clause provides pretrial detainees the same protection for medical attention as convicted inmates receive under the Eighth Amendment.”
  • “[T]o hold a municipality liable, a plaintiff must prove that (1) an official policy or custom (2) caused the plaintiff’s constitutional injury and (3

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Judges: Dounias

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