Adames v. Perez.

• Position: FAILURE TO PROTECT - Deliberate indifference to the inmate's safety - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT

Adames v. Perez, 331 F.3d 508 (5th Cir. 2003). A state prison inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against five corrections officials, alleging failure to protect him from an attack by a fellow inmate. The district court entered judgment on jury verdict for the inmate against three of the officials, and they appealed. The appeals court reversed and remanded. The appeals court held that evidence of isolated previous attacks was insufficient to show deliberate indifference to the inmate's safety, and that warden's receipt of a message...