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Tenth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Failure to Protect Suit
Loaded on March 15, 2010
by Brandon Sample
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2010, page 47
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a Colorado prisoner who requested but was denied protection from prison gang members.
Filed under:
Discrimination,
Gay/Lesbian,
Failure to Protect (General),
Appointment of Counsel.
Location:
Colorado.
Scott L. Howard, a self-described “openly homosexual” prisoner of “slight build,” was a target from the moment he arrived ...
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