Brown v. Scott.

• Position: Prison violence - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT

Brown v. Scott, 329 F.Supp.2d 905 (E.D.Mich. 2004). A state inmate filed a [section] 1983 action alleging that a resident unit manager at a correctional facility failed to protect him from his cellmate. The district court denied summary judgment in favor of the manager. The court held that issues remained as to whether the manager knew that the inmate's cellmate was a...