Whitson v. Stone County Jail

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Penny Whitson appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants on her pro se claim for relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that two defendants failed to protect her from a particular assault, and others failed to properly train and superase the officers responsible for Whitson’s safety. 1 Because there remains a question of fact on a determinative issue in this case, and the district court applied the wrong legal standard, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

I. BACKGROUND

Whitson based her claim on the following facts, which we…