Legal Opinion
Cynthia Ketchum v. County of Alameda Alameda County Board of Supervisors Sheriff Glenn Dyer and Chief Ron Cain
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 2, 1987No. 84-2510PublishedCited by 219 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NELSON, Circuit Judge:
Cynthia Ketchum brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) against the County of Alameda and several county officers for their alleged gross negligence in failing to maintain security at an Alameda rehabilitation facility. Ketchum appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1982). We affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In 1981 James Hampton was incarcerated as a minimum security inmate at the Santa Rita Rehabilitation Facility in Alameda County. Hampton was being held at the facility…
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