Legal Opinion
Sarah Doe v. Jerald Neveleff
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 6, 2014No. 13-50459PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Sarah Doe and several other anonymous female immigrants (“Plaintiffs”) were sexually assaulted while being transported from an immigration detention center. They brought a Bivens action against federal officials George Robertson (“Robertson”) and Jose Rosado (“Rosa-do”) for violation of their Fifth Amendment due process right to freedom from “deliberate indifference to a substantial risk of serious harm,” Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 828, 114 S.Ct. 1970, 128 L.Ed.2d 811 (1994) (quotation marks omitted), alleging that the officials knew of violations of a…
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