Article: Waller v. Tripett.(violation of due process rights)(Brief Article)

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Waller v. Tripett, 179 F.Supp.2d 724 (E.D.Mich. 2001). The estate of a prison employee who was killed by a prisoner sued a warden, alleging that prison employment policies violated the employee's substantive due process rights. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the warden in part, and denied it in part. The court held that the estate's allegations were sufficient to state a claim that the warden's policies created a particular danger to the employee and that the warden was not entitled to qualified immunity. The estate alleged that the warden instituted a practice that contravened ...

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