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Fifth Circuit Reverses Scott

The court of appeals for the fifth circuit, sitting en banc, reversed its prior holding in Scott v. Moore, 85 F.3d 230 (5th Cir. 1996) [PLN, June, 1997] that inadequate jail staffing violated the due process rights of a woman detainee who was repeatedly raped by a jail guard. This ...

 

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