Legal Opinion
Freitag v. Ayers
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 12, 2006No. 03-16702, 03-17184, 03-17398PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge.
May a state department of corrections be held liable for prison officials’ failure to correct a hostile work environment that is the result of male prisoners’ sexual harassment of female guards? We answer that question, “Yes.”
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and three Pelican Bay State Prison (Pelican Bay) administrators appeal a judgment in favor of Deanna Freitag, a former correctional officer in the prison’s Secure Housing Unit. Freitag alleged that the CDCR and Pelican Bay were delinquent in addressing the sexually hostile…
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Freitag v. AyersCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
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- Deanna L. Freitag v. Robert J. Ayers, Jr. Teresa Schwartz Augustine Lopez California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and David A. Carmichael G. Rodman Paul Dillard Barry O'Neill George Neotti, Deanna L. Freitag v. Robert J. Ayers, Jr. Teresa Schwartz Augustine Lopez California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and David A. Carmichael G. Rodman Paul Dillard Barry O'Neill George Neotti, Deanna L. Freitag v. Robert J. Ayers, Jr. Teresa Schwartz Augustine Lopez California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and David A. Carmichael G. Rodman Paul Dillard Barry O'Neill George NeottiCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
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