United States Second Circuit

In a Section 1983 disputing alleging a due process violation and arising from a sexual assault on plaintiff by a male sheriff deputy while she was in pretrial detention, judgment notwithstanding the verdict by the district court in favor of defendant is reversed where the plaintiff presented sufficient evidence of municipal liability to support a jury verdict in her favor.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/18/2011
• Published 08/18/2011

Judges

• RAGGI

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• EUGENE B.NATHANSON, THOMAS F.KIRKPATRICK