Legal Opinion

Scott v. Miami Dade County

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided August 1, 2016No. 15-13610UnpublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Per curiam

Plaintiff Pleadro Scott, a pre-trial inmate in the custody of the Miami-Dade County Department of Corrections, filed a pro se § 1983 action 1 against Defendants Corporal Rolando Gomez and Lieutenant Constantina Weston. Plaintiffs complaint alleges that Defendants were deliberately indifferent to his safety in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. Defendants moved to dismiss Plaintiffs complaint on qualified immunity grounds. The district court denied Defendants’ motion to dismiss. Defendants appealed, and we now affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Facts 2

At all relevant times, Plaintiff was an inmate in…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. TwomblySupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  3. Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Hope v. PelzerSupreme Court of the United States · 2002

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