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No Qualified Immunity for Failing to Protect Jail Prisoner
The court of appeals for the Third circuit held that jail officials were not entitled to qualified immunity for failing to protect a pretrial detainee from harm by other prisoners. The plaintiff was detained for traffic violations and placed in an overcrowded, cell with convicted, violent prisoners. He was beaten ...
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