· 3/5/1920
Oster's Exor. v. Ohlman
Citations
- 187 Ky. 341
- 219 S.W. 187
- 1920 Ky. LEXIS 125
How courts have described this case
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- dismissing a Monell claim against the city where the complaint included no facts supporting allegations that the city inadequately trained and supervised officers
- dismissing a Monell claim against the city where the complaint included no facts supporting allegations that the city inadequately trained and supervised officers
- explaining failure to intervene claims are not limited to the excessive force context
- “If an officer witnesses unconstitutional conduct, and fails to intervene, he is liable under Section 1983. . . . And any reasonable officer would therefore have known that failing to intervene when his fellow officer executed a false arrest was also unconstitutional.”
- “while allegations regarding a ‘code of silence’ among police officers may support a Monell claim, here, the only factual allegation is that there is, and has been, a ‘code of silence’ among police officers to conceal unconstitutional conduct, and that alone is not enough”
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Judges: Clay
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