Patricia Bowman, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Corrections Corporation of America, Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee

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• holding that any claim for injunctive relief asserted on behalf of a deceased inmate was rendered moot by the inmate’s death
• rejecting as “not convincing” the district court’s belief that “exceptional circumstances . . . warrant[ed] consideration of the constitutionality of [an] important medical policy”
• “Given the fact that [the plaintiff’s decedent] is dead, any claim for injunctive relief is moot.”
• “Mere negligence or malpractice is insufficient to establish an [Eighth] Amendment violation.”
• “[TJhe district court held that without a constitutional violation of [the plaintiff's constitutional right] by [the individual defendants, the municipality] cannot be held liable for its policy, even if it were to encourage deliberate indifference. We agree.”
• “Since we now reverse the sole ground on which Bowman succeeded, Bowman is no longer entitled to an award of attorney’s fees or costs, as she is no longer a “prevailing party” for purposes of the statute.”

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