Cardenas v. Lewis.

• Position: Pro se action - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT

Cardenas v. Lewis, 66 Fed.Appx. 86 (9th Cir. 2003). [unpublished] A pretrial detainee brought a pro se [section] 1983 action against a county, alleging deliberate indifference to a substantial risk to his safety. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants and the detainee appealed. The appeals court affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part. The appeals court held that officers who placed the detainee in a holding tank with an inmate, from whom the detainee was supposed to be kept separated, were not acting with deliberate...