Surprenant v. Rivas

How courts have described this case

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• holding retaliatory termination by mayor established Monell liability because “he has final authority over hiring and firing decisions, which are discretionary matters”
• concluding, in case of pretrial detainee, that unprincipled manipulation of legitimate prison regulations, to the detriment of a prisoner, can constitute unconstitutionally arbitrary punishment
• noting that San-din court’s holding that 30-day period of punitive segregation imposed on a convict could be levied without due process “applies only to those convicted of crimes— not to pretrial detainees”
• accepting that arbitrary placement in administrative segregation for thirty days could constitute punishment
• explaining that Monell applies to official capacity suits against municipal officials
• noting jury 8 award of punitive damages of $5500 for accusing officer and $15,000 for hearing officer in case 9 of trumped-up disciplinary charge

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