United States Eleventh Circuit

Denial of summary judgment to defendant, in case alleging that prison guards beat plaintiff to death and that defendant former warden knew of the general propensity for violence of certain guards against inmates, is affirmed where plaintiff has sufficiently stated a claim that guards violated his constitutional rights and that there was a history of widespread abuse by guards.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/31/2006
• Published 05/31/2006

Judges

• BARKETT, Circuit Judge:, Before TJOFLAT, BARKETT and GOODWIN , Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Kevin Anthony Blazs, Michael D. Kendall, Ronald S. Wasilenko, Gobelman, Love, Gavin, Blazs & Wasilenko, Jacksonville, FL, for Defendant-Appellant., Stuart M. Address, Guy Bennett Rubin, Rubin & Rubin, Stuart, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.