Sixth Circuit· 12/20/1990

Walker v. Norris

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917 F.2d 1449

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finding deliberate indifference of constitutional magnitude may occur when prison guards fail to protect one inmate from an attack by another
noting a state law cannot provide immunity with respect to a § 1983 claim
affirming an award of punitive damages in a § 1983 case, concluding that the “maliciously, wantonly, or oppressively done” jury instruction was “as strict as the standard articulated by the Supreme Court in Smith v. Wade”
“Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, the jury could have concluded that officers Ritz and Jordan had opportunities to prevent the stabbing death . . . by intervening when Eggleston attacked Fails in the yard as the guards looked on.”
“Under the circumstances, the plaintiff’s section 1983 claim in a case such as this must be for redress of eighth amendment, not fourteenth amendment substantive due process, rights.”

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