Peate, Joey A. v. McCann, Steve

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the Government has a strong interest in maintaining the confidentiality of files containing sensitive information regarding on-going investigations
• observing that “mere failure . . . to choose the best course of action” does not violate the Constitution
• noting that “mere failure” to choose the best course of action does not amount to a constitutional violation
• finding a triable issue of fact as to what defendant officer knew and the steps he took to prevent a second altercation between two inmates on the same day
• “the mere failure of the prison official to choose the best course of action does not amount to a constitutional violation.”
• staff cannot be expected to predict fights without any knowledge of “bad blood” between prisoners

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).