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Failure to Protect Claim Fails

The plaintiff complained that, while a detainee, he was housed with a
convict of known violent propensities who injured him.

At 1078: ". . . [T]he overwhelming weight of persuasive authority holds
that unless the state has an intent to punish, or at least displays an
indifference toward potential harm …

 

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