Legal Opinion
Vanessa Chavero-Linares v. Timothy Smith
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 13, 2015No. 13-3532PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENTON, Circuit Judge.
Vanessa Chavero-Linares, an immigration detainee, sued county and federal officials after another inmate hit her with a plastic chair. The district court 1 dismissed the federal defendants under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), then granted summary judgment to the county defendants. She appeals both rulings. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.
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Chavero-Linares was held at the Hardin County Correctional Center at the direction of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). In her complaint, she alleges that another inmate made deroga…
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