· 4/4/2002
Ronald F. Butera v. Jack L. Cottey, Sherriff of Marion County
Citations
- 285 F.3d 601
- 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 6070
- 2002 WL 501034
How courts have described this case
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- holding that supervisors must be aware of a substantial risk of harm to be liable
- holding that supervisors must be aware of a substantial risk of harm to be liable
- ruling that a prisoner’s report to jail personnel that he was “having problems in the block” and “needed to be removed” was 4 insufficient to establish deliberate indifference (alteration omitted)
- finding that the Sheriff was not on notice of a substantial risk of harm to the plaintiff, therefore he was not deliberately indifferent
- finding that statements by a prisoner that he was “having problems in the block” and “needed to be removed” were insufficient to establish deliberate indifference
- finding that statements by a prisoner that he was “having problems in the block” and “needed to be removed” were insufficient to establish deliberate indifference
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Judges: Manton, Kanne, Rovner
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