· 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
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- 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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