Ortiz v. Voinovich.

• Position: Sexual assault case - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

SEXUAL ASSAULT

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...