Legal Opinion
Melissa Dawn Beck v. Frances J. Joy
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 29, 2004No. 03-3211PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Circuit Judge.
While involuntarily committed at the Fulton State Hospital Alcohol and Drug Abuse Rehabilitation Unit (ADA Unit), Melissa Dawn Beck (Beck) alleges she was sexually assaulted by a fellow male patient. Beck filed this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) against multiple Fulton State Hospital (FSH) employees, claiming violations of her substantive due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. On motions for summary judgment, the district court granted qualified immunity to four FSH employees, but denied qualified immunity to Michael…
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