Legal Opinion
Brown v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 1, 2008No. 05-5320PublishedCited by 185 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRIFFITH, Circuit Judge:
Herbert Brown, a prisoner, claims that his custodians’ failure to provide adequate medical care amounted to “cruel and unusual punishment” in violation of the Eighth Amendment. He sued the District of Columbia (“District”) and the Corrections Corporation of America (“CCA”), along with former Attorney General John Ashcroft, 1 three high-ranking District officials including the mayor, and several District and CCA employees in their individual capacities.
The district court dismissed Brown’s complaint against the District, CCA, and the District officials for failure to…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Collins v. City of Harker HeightsSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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