Legal Opinion
L.W. v. Dee Grubbs, Thomas Nelson Marlin Hutton Richard Hill James Nanson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 3, 1992No. 91-35449PublishedCited by 248 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Senior Circuit Judge:
L.W., a registered nurse employed by the State of Oregon at a medium security custodial institution for young male offenders, was raped and terrorized by an inmate. She sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for damages, and appeals the district court’s judgment of dismissal under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim against defendants Dee Grubbs, Thomas Nelson, Marlin Hutton, Richard Hill and James Nanson (collectively, “Defendants”). We reverse.
Defendants are state employees who served as L.W.’s supervisors at the custodial institution. According to L.W.’s…
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