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Norman v. Schuetzle, No. 08-1686
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In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that defendant prison officials failed to protect plaintiff from an assault, district court's denial of qualified immunity to defendants is reversed where: 1) defendants did not have reason to know of plaintiff's attacker's dangerousness; and 2) defendants' conduct did not rise to the level of deliberate indifference.
Read Norman v. Schuetzle, No. 08-1686
Appellate Information
Submitted: February 13, 2009
Filed: November 9, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Hansen
