Legal Opinion

K.M. v. Alabama Department of Youth Services

District Court, M.D. Alabama

Decided August 20, 2002No. Nos. Civ.A. 02-T-320-N, Civ.A. 02-T-321-N, Civ.A. 02-T-322-N, Civ.A. 02-T-323-NPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

These cases all involve accusations of sexual abuse and harassment by security guards at the Alabama Department of Youth Services’ Chalkville Campus Youth Detention Center. The plaintiffs, who all name the same set of defendants, sue not only the security guards themselves, but also supervisory personnel that, they allege, should have been aware of the pervasive abuse taking place at the Chalkville facility, as well as the state agency under whose care the plaintiffs were at the time of the abuse. All of the defendants except the security guards filed a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Crawford-El v. BrittonSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  3. Harbert International, Inc. v. JamesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
  4. Hegarty v. Somerset CountyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
  5. SUMMIT MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, PC v. JamesDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1998

3Cited by3 opinions

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  2. Brown v. DunnDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 2021
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