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· 3/15/1990

Sanders v. Shaut

Citations

  • 19 Va. Cir. 180
  • 1990 Va. Cir. LEXIS 85

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that “Supreme Court precedents governing prisoners’ Eighth Amendment rights also govern the Fourteenth Amendment rights of pretrial detainees”
  • holding 10 incidents in the past 18 years did not demonstrate pattern of constitutional viola- tions
  • holding 10 incidents in the past 18 years did not demonstrate pattern of constitutional viola- tions
  • “For the same reasons that Deputies Nibert and Hoar cannot be found to have acted with deliberate indifference, we hold that there is insufficient evidence to find that they acted with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner.”
  • granting summary judgment when officers regularly cleaned cell

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Judges: Spruill

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