Legal Opinion
Peña v. Greffet
District Court, D. New Mexico
Decided June 17, 2015No. CIV 12-0710 JB/KBMPublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION 1
JAMES 0. BROWNING, District Judge.
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the CCA Defendants’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, filed September 20, 2014 (Doc. 63)(“Motion”). The Court held a hearing on September 5, 2014. The primary issue is whether Defendant Corrections Corporation of America (“CCA”) can be held vicariously liable for a sexual battery that one of its correctional officers, Defendant Dale Greffet, committed against one of its inmates, Plaintiff Crystal Peña. Under the aided-in-agency theory that the Supreme Court of New Mexico articulated in Ocana v.…
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