Kathleen Sanford, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Michael R. Sanford v. Pamela Stiles Dennis Murphy East Penn School District

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• ruling that “where deliberation is possible and officials have the time to make unhurried judgments, deliberate indifference is sufficient” to shock the conscience
• ruling that “where deliberation is possible and officials have the time to make unhurried judgments, deliberate indifference is sufficient” to shock the conscience
• holding that the custody exception applies only where there is a “‘deprivation of liberty’ through, for example, incarceration or institutionalization”
• holding that “in order for municipal liability to exist, there must still be a violation of the plaintiff’s constitutional rights.”
• recognizing that “the term ‘willful misconduct’ is synonymous with the term ‘intentional tort’” (citation omitted)
• holding that the defendants failure to prevent a student’s suicide could not be re-characterized as an affirmative action and, thus, did not form the basis of a due process violation

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