Bolton v. U.S.

• Position: LIABILITY - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

NEGLIGENT RETENTION

FAILURE TO SUPERVISE

Bolton v. U.S., 347 F.Supp.2d 1218 (N.D.Fla. 2004). A female inmate brought an action against the federal Bureau of Prisons and a correctional officer, alleging that the officer coerced her into sex by threats of adverse official action. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants in part, and denied it in part. The district court held that the government did not negligently hire and train the officer, but that fact issues remained as to whether the government negligently supervised and retained the officer. The court found that genuine issues of...