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· 4/10/1986

United States v. Padin

Citations

  • 787 F.2d 1071

How courts have described this case

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  • Due Process Clause required sheriff to protect a motorist from violence at the hands of an inmate who stopped a motorist by flashing blue light of patrol car given to the inmate by the sheriff because of inmate's \trusty\ status
  • sheriff provided inmate unsupervised use of squad car

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Judges: Engel, Krupansky, Suhrheinrich

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