Legal Opinion
Leary v. Livingston County
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 10, 2008No. 06-2603, 06-2604PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSutton, J., joined by McKEAGUE, J.,
CLAY, J. (pp. 445-55), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
Not long after word spread at the Livingston County Jail that detainee Shaun Leary had been charged with raping a nine-year-old girl, several prisoners beat him up. At stake in this § 1983 action is, one, whether officer Scott Stone was deliberately indifferent to Leary’s safety needs and, two, whether officer Denis McGuekin used excessive force against Leary when he hit him on the back of his neck while walking him to his cell. As to Stone, we affirm the district court’s denial of qualified immunity;…
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