Matter of Landen S. (April S.)

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• finding first element of state-created danger exception not satisfied where officers left an individual unconscious in an apartment and he was later discovered to have died of a drug overdose
• “In the absence of any allegation that a private rescue was attempted, the officers did not commit a constitutional violation by securing the apartment and leaving [the deceased] lying on the couch.”

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