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9th Circuit Dismisses Most of Prisoner Wrongful Death Suit
Loaded on Oct. 24, 2016
by Lonnie Burton
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Prison/Jail Murders,
Failure to Protect (General).
Locations:
Oregon,
United States of America.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld the dismissal of the majority of a lawsuit brought by the estate of a prisoner who was beaten to death by his cellmate.
In 1997, prisoner Daniel Castro was transferred from an Oregon state prison to a …
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