Legal Opinion
Colbruno v. Kessler
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 2, 2019No. 18-1056PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARTZ, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Christopher Colbruno was in jail awaiting trial when he needed to be taken to the hospital for an urgent medical condition. Six deputies in the Denver Sheriff's Department (Defendants) walked him through the public areas of the hospital completely unclothed except for an orange pair of mittens. Complaining that the deputies violated his constitutional rights, he sued them, among others, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1 Defendants moved to dismiss for failure to state a claim on the ground that they were entitled to qualified immunity. The district court disagreed, and…
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