Carroll v. Lancaster Cnty.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
The Third Circuit applies a three-part test to determine whether the deliberate indifference requirement has been met:
*505it must be shown that (1) municipal policymakers know that employees will confront a particular situation; (2) the situation involves a difficult choice or a history of employees mishandling; and (3) the wrong choice by an employee will frequently cause deprivation of constitutional rights.
Id. (citing Walker v. City of New York, 974 F.2d 293, 297-298 (2d Cir. 1992) ).
In other words, to state a claim, plaintiff must show that the municipality's "failure to provide specific…
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