Legal Opinion

United States v. Shawn Shaw

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided May 30, 2018No. 16-2860PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RESTREPO, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Shawn Shaw, a former corrections officer, was convicted by a jury of sexually assaulting a female inmate in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 242 and obstruction of justice in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512 (b)(3). We will affirm.

I

In December 2010, E.S. 1 was a pretrial detainee incarcerated at the Essex County Correctional Facility ("ECCF" or "jail") in Newark, New Jersey. Shaw was a correctional officer employed at ECCF. Although Shaw had worked at the jail for five years, he had worked in the women's unit only a handful of times. On December 27 and 28, 2010, Shaw…

2Cases cited45 opinions

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3Cited by27 opinions

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