Marina Zarnes v. Randall Rhodes, Sergeant 402, Officer of the Sheriff's Department, Don M. Lamb, U.S. Marshal Service

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• holding that an inmate stated a claim under the due process clause when guards had placed her in a cell with a dangerous inmate
• stating that litigant’s efforts in retaining counsel were sufficient when she contacted “several attorneys,” all of whom declined to represent her
• refusing to recognize a rule of \automatic appointment of counsel whenever a litigant alleges a violation of due process\
• refusing to recognize a rule of “automatic appointment of counsel whenever a litigant alleges a violation of due process”
• upholding placement of pretrial detainee in segregation after verbal conflict with another inmate
• to establish due process claim, plaintiff must prove actual knowledge of risks; proof that official should have known is not enough

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).