Legal Opinion
George Wyatt v. Michael Leonard Geri Mangas Mario Marroquin Lt. Pierce Burton L. Cronk B.G. Hummel C/o Walters, Sgt. Hefner
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 6, 1999No. 98-4161PublishedCited by 162 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
It is undisputed that on August 24,1995, while in segregation, plaintiff George Wyatt was raped by a fellow inmate. A year later he filed this § 1983 civil rights action against prison employees seeking damages for cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Specifically, plaintiff alleges that the defendant prison employees were deliberately indifferent to his safety when they placed him in a cell with a known sex offender and then provided inadequate medical and psychological care after the rape.
Plaintiffs suit was dismissed below for failure to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Alexander v. HawkCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
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- Garrett v. HawkCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by162 opinions
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- Greg Curry v. David ScottCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
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- Vandiver v. MartinDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2004
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