Legal Opinion
Casazza v. State
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided August 30, 2000No. NonePublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMUNDSON, Justice.
[¶ 1.] Christina Casazza (Casazza) appeals the granting of summary judgment in favor of State of South Dakota (State), Secretary for the Department of Corrections Jeff Bloomberg (Bloomberg), and Warden Dwane Russell (Russell) of the Women’s Prison based upon sovereign immunity and SDCL 3-21-8. We affirm.
FACTS
[¶ 2.] Casazza is an inmate at the South Dakota Women’s Penitentiary. Casazza alleged that in late August of 1998 she was raped by Martin Aponte (Aponte), who was employed as a prison guard. She claims that Aponte had been flirting with her in the past; however, on the…
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