Patel Ex Rel. A.H. v. Kent School District

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• concluding that a “custodial relationship” is a prerequisite to applying the special relationship doctrine
• listing cases 1 discussing whether compulsory school attendance can give rise to a special-relationship between 2 schools and students
• explaining that, although a state generally “is not 19 liable for its omissions,” the state-created danger rule provide an exception “when the state 20 affirmatively places the plaintiff in danger by acting with ‘deliberate indifference’ to a ‘known or 21 obvious danger’”
• “The types of . custody triggering [this duty] are ‘incarceration, institutionalization-, or other similar restraint of person al liberty9 ”
• “Compulsory school attendance and in loco parentis status do not create ‘custody’ under the strict standard of DeShaney.”
• failure to leave plaintiff in safe location allegedly caused rape in a high-crime area

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