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Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Failure to Protect Claim Premised on Nearly Deaf Guard Not Responding to Prisoner’s Cries for Help
By Sam Rutherford
On February 5, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the summary judgment dismissal of a pretrial detainee’s federal civil rights claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, agreeing with the lower court that a jail guard was not guilty of failure to protect ...
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