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Tenth Circuit Refuses to Hold Colorado Guards Liable for Detainee’s Suicide Despite Her Previous Attempts at Same Jail
by David M. Reutter
Under the doctrine of qualified immunity (QI), prison and jail guards may be sued only when they disregard a known risk to a detainee under their watch. But in a recent case from Colorado, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit said that even ...
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