Most law enforcement people have an ‘qualified immunity’, covering them from actions that do…
But in this case?
The conditions a prisoner was subjected to where so bad the court ruled 7-1 that the Texas guards could be sued personally…
The ruling will send a echo thru dentation situations around the country try…
Could THAT be heard at Homeland Security ‘s Federal immigration centers?
The Supreme Court on Monday overturned a lower court’s decision that granted long-standing protections to corrections officers who allegedly kept an inmate housed in “shockingly unsanitary cells” for six days.
The decision is a rare rebuke to law enforcement officials invoking the controversial legal doctrine known as qualified immunity, which often shields officers from civil lawsuits for illegal conduct.
In its 7-1 decision, the Supreme Court said the horrific conditions described by Trent Taylor, a prison inmate in Texas serving an 11-year sentence for robbery, were so egregious that corrections officers would not be covered by qualified immunity…..