Legal Opinion
Blackmon v. Sutton
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 8, 2013No. 12-3199PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.
Weeks before eleven-year-old, 4'11," 96-pound Brandon Blackmon arrived at the juvenile detention center in Sedgwick, Kansas, officials there made a new purchase: the Pro-Straint Restraining Chair, Violent Prisoner Chair Model RC-1200LX. The chair bore wrist, waist, chest, and ankle restraints all. In the months that followed, the staff made liberal use of their new acquisition on the center’s youngest and smallest charge. Sometimes in a legitimate effort to thwart his attempts at suicide and self-harm. But sometimes, it seems, only to punish him. And that’s the nub of…
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