United States ex rel. Cassetta v. Watkins

How courts have described this case

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• noting that the standard for determining the scope of employment is premised on the fact that the challenged conduct is unauthorized
• noting that the alleged conduct occurred 250 miles from the employee’s work site
• arising out of a § 1983 claim for vicarious liability against the private operator of a state prison and its employees
• officer liability for battery under New Mexico law depends “whether the use of force was reasonable under the circumstances”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).