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· 9/18/2001

Martinez v. Uphoff

Citations

  • 265 F.3d 1130
  • 2001 Colo. J. C.A.R. 4683
  • 17 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1633
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 20545
  • 2001 WL 1090250

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  • concluding that, under that case's circumstances, \inaction in the face of known dangers or risks [is] not enough to satisfy the danger-creation theory's conscience standard.\
  • holding the state activity did not shock the conscience where a prison guard was not protected from dangerous inmates during an escape
  • \[T]he shock the conscience standard requires a high level of outrageousness.\

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Judges: Seymour, Brorby, Brown

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