Bobbitt v. Detroit Edison Co.

• Position: FEMALE PRISONERS - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

CONDITIONS

Bobbitt v. Detroit Edison Co., 216 F.Supp.2d 669 (E.D.Mich. 2002). An arrestee filed a [section] 1983 action in state court alleging that city police officers violated her constitutional rights in connection with her arrest for disorderly conduct. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. The court held that the arrestee failed to establish liability with her allegations that a city jail was not clean, did not provide sufficient seating, and did not provide ready access to a telephone. According to the court, the arrestee's assertions that the city maintained inadequate policies for training and hiring its police officers, and that an...