Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Beauclair v. Puente Gomez

534 U.S. 1066

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
2001-12-10
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • holding that a prison official’s failure to take remedial action after violations were committed by his subordinates is actionable under section 1983 as a policy or practice claim
  • recklessness combined with other conduct meets the bad faith requirement

Citator

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Cited by
7 opinions

C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.