Legal Opinion
Stephen Hendricks v. Thomas A. Coughlin, Iii, Ronald Haddad, Walter R. Kelly, Hans Walker, Donald Acquard, Thomas Dudek and William Stranahan
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 7, 1991No. 607, Docket 89-2099PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
The principal issue on this appeal is whether a jury charge adequately described the standard of liability prison officials are held to in an inmate’s action claiming they failed to protect him from another inmate’s violent actions. We recognize that prisons are reputedly full of suppressed violence, shouldering prison administrators with the most difficult task of maintaining order and discipline over the entire prison population. Yet, inmates who are in the public’s custody have a right under the Eighth Amendment to be preserved from the infliction of “cruel and…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Wilson v. SeiterSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Whitley v. AlbersSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Johnson v. GlickCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by50 opinions
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- Raymond W. Snider v. D. Dylag, C/o Attica Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
- Wayne Powell, as of the Estate of Dana Kimberly Devilla v. Sunny Schriver, Superintendent Thomas A. Coughlin, III C.O. Lynch C.O. CrowleyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
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