Ortiz v. Voinovich.

• Position: Inmate sues correction officers alleging sexual assaul and administrative segregation - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

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Ortiz v. Voinovich, 211 F.Supp.2d 917 (S.D.Ohio 2002). An inmate sued state officials alleging that she was sexually assaulted by a corrections officer and that she was subjected to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of her Eighth Amendment rights. The district granted summary judgment for the defendants in part, and denied it in part. The court held that fact questions as to whether the inmate feared further sexual assault by the corrections officer, whether the inmate made a cottage manager aware of her fear of assault, whether the cottage manager was deliberately indifferent to the inmate's notification regarding a threatened sexual assault, and whether the proffered reasons for placing the inmate in segregation was a pretext. The inmate alleged that a corrections officer went into her room and fondled her breasts and made lewd comments, and then threatened...