Estate of Ford v. Ramirez-Palmer.

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Estate of Ford v. Ramirez-Palmer, 301 F.3d 1043 (9th Cir. 2002). The family and estate of a state prison inmate who was killed by his cellmate brought a [section] 1983 action against an associate warden and correctional officers. The district court denied summary judgment for the defendants and they appealed. The appeals court reversed, finding that the defendants were entitled to qualified immunity. The court noted that the correctional officers violated the Eighth Amendment to the extent that the officers knew that the inmate was...