Legal Opinion
Rangolan v. County of Nassau
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 26, 2000No. Docket Nos. 99-9343, 99-9397PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Chief Judge:
Neville Rangolan was beaten by a fellow prisoner while both were inmates in the Nassau County Jail. Claiming that Rango-lan should not have been housed in the same unit as the other inmate, he and his wife brought the present action alleging both negligence under New York law and deliberate indifference to his safety amounting to a violation of his Eighth Amendment rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court dismissed the Section 1983 claim, but a jury granted damages on the negligence claim.
Nassau County and the Nassau County Sheriffs Department (collectively, “the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Wilson v. SeiterSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Juan Kent Branham v. Larry Meachum, Commissioner, Dept. Of Corrections Robert Kupec, Warden, Cci Somers and Lt. Champion, Cci SomersCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- Siler v. 146 Montague AssociatesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Rangolan v. County of NassauDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1999
- Rangolan v. County of NassauDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1999
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Parkinson v. GoordDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 2000
- Rangolan v. County of NassauCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
- Rigano v. County of SullivanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2007
- Barreto v. County of SuffolkDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2010
- Rangolan v. the County of NassauCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
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