Bradford v. Avery, No. 16-1767 (8th Cir. 2017)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit reversed and remanded the district court's grant of summary judgment in a suit against employees of a juvenile home, concluding that the district court erred by holding as a matter of law that defendants were entitled to qualified immunity. Plaintiff alleged that defendants violated his constitutional rights by housing him in prolonged solitary confinement, failing to educate him, and allowing him to be sexually abused. In this case, the district court addressed only the fact of juvenile court supervision in determining that defendants were entitled to qualified immunity, and its opinion did not contain sufficient detail to allow the court to review whether defendants were entitled to qualified immunity.
Court Description: Murphy, Author, with Wollman and Colloton, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Civil rights. The order granting defendants' motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity is not detailed enough to permit appellate review, and the grant of summary judgment is reversed and the matter is remanded for more thorough review of the motion.
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