Legal Opinion
A.M. Ex Rel. J.M.K. v. Luzerne County Juvenile Detention Center
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 10, 2004No. 03-3075PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
LAY, Circuit Judge.
A.M., by and through his next friend and mother, J.M.K., filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state tort law against the Luzerne County Juvenile Detention Center (the “Center”) and several of its administrators and staff, alleging they violated his substantive due process rights by failing to protect him from harm while he was detained at the Center. The District Court granted summary judgment in favor of all Defendants and declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the remaining state law claims. A.M. appeals. For the reasons that follow, the…
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