Legal Opinion
Ammons v. Washington Department of Social & Health Services
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 17, 2011No. 09-36130PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge B. FLETCHER; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge BYBEE.
OPINION
B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Appellants Mary LaFond (“LaFond”) and Norman Webster (“Webster”) (collec*1023tively “Appellants”), relying on qualified immunity, appeal the district court’s order denying their motion for summary judgment. Appellee Crystal Ammons (“Ammons”) sued LaFond and Webster under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violating her Fourteenth Amendment substantive due process right to safe conditions while in the custody of a state-run mental institution. The district court denied Appellants’ motion for…
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