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· 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

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

  • 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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