Starr v. County of Los Angeles, et al., No. 09-55233 (9th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff brought a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action for damages resulting from a violent attack he allegedly suffered while he was an inmate in the Los Angeles County Jail. At issue was whether the district court properly dismissed plaintiff's supervisory liability claim for deliberate indifference against Sheriff Leroy Baca in his individual capacity under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). The court held that the Supreme Court's decision in Ashcroft v. Iqbal did not alter the substantive requirements for supervisory liability claims in an unconstitutional conditions of confinement case under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments where deliberate indifference was alleged. The court further held that plaintiff had sufficiently alleged under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a) a supervisory liability claim of deliberate indifference against Sheriff Baca. Accordingly, the court reversed the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's claim and remanded for further proceedings.
This opinion or order relates to an opinion or order originally issued on February 11, 2011.
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