Legal Opinion
Ronald Butler v. Robert Fletcher
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 13, 2006No. 05-3480PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Chief Judge.
Ronald Butler was detained at the Ramsey County Adult Detention Center (ADC) in St. Paul, Minnesota, pending criminal charges. After his conviction, Butler was transferred to a prison, where he tested positive for tuberculosis (TB). He filed this § 1983 damage action against Sheriff Robert Fletcher, alleging that Fletcher violated Butler’s Substantive Due Process rights by failing to adopt and implement adequate safeguards protecting ADC inmates from TB infection. The district court 1 granted Fletcher’s motion for summary judgment, concluding that a reasonable jury could…
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