Cottone v. Jenne.

• Position: FAILURE TO PROTECT - Violation of constitutional rights - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT

Cottone v. Jenne, 326 F.3d 1352 (11th Cir. 2003). The personal representative of the estate of a pretrial detainee who was killed by a mentally-ill co-inmate, brought a [section] 1983 action. The district court denied qualified immunity for the defendants and they appealed. The appeals court affirmed in part and reversed in part. The appeals court held that officers were not entitled to qualified immunity because they failed to monitor a known violent inmate that was housed in a unit for mentally ill inmates...