Courtney v. DeVore

ORDER

James Courtney appeals the dismissal of his complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against administrators of the Marion County Jail for assigning him to a unit where female guards monitor the bath*619room activity of detainees. The district court concluded that Courtney’s complaint failed to state a claim. Because Courtney has alleged that the placement was intended to humiliate him in violation of Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment standards, we vacate the court’s dismissal of that claim.

For purposes of this appeal only, we take as true Courtney’s allegations, including those in his appellate brief…