P. Gustafson v. AFSCME, Council 13

How courts have described this case

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• finding that the District of Columbia may be held liable under § 1983 “only when the execution of its official policy or custom is responsible for the deprivation of constitutional rights”
• noting the “Supreme Court’s call for [parties to make a] conscientious effort to resolve differences over [fee] awards”
• both raw statistics of steady overcrowding of a jail and testimony regarding incidence of violence demonstrated- the District's liability
• claims were related because they all arose from plaintiffs “central claim that the [defendants] had been deliberately indifferent to [plaintiffs] eighth amendment rights in connection with the assault [suffered by plaintiff]”
• “Although the state is not obliged to insure an assault-free environment, a prisoner has a constitutional right to be protected from the unreasonable threat of violence from his fellow inmates.”
• claims were related because they all arose from plaintiff’s “central claim that the [defendants] had been deliberately indifferent to [plaintiff’s] eighth amendment rights in connection with the assault [suffered by plaintiff]”

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