Gulett v. Haines.

• Position: FAILURE TO PROTECT - Case regarding assault - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT

Gulett v. Haines, 229 F.Supp.2d 806 (S.D.Ohio 2002). A pretrial detainee brought an action against a sheriff, corrections officer, and a jail inmate asserting claims under [section] 1981 and [section] 1983. The detainee had been assaulted by other prisoners and alleged that he was not protected from harm and was denied adequate emergency medical care. The district court held that the jail's emergency medical care policy was not unconstitutional on its face because the policy accounted for any emergency and left medical decisions, subject to an obvious...