Hedrick v. Roberts.

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

U.S. District Court

OFFICER ON PRISONER ASSAULT

Hedrick v. Roberts, 183 F.Supp.2d 814 (E.D. Va. 2001). Pretrial detainees who were assaulted and injured by other inmates brought separate actions in state court against a sheriff. The cases were consolidated. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the sheriff. The court held that the detainees were exposed to a substantial risk of harm in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, but that the sheriff was not deliberately indifferent and...