(DOWNLOAD) "Giron V. Corrections Corporatoin Of America" by Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Giron V. Corrections Corporatoin Of America
- Author : Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 10, 1999
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
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After the alleged rape of Plaintiff-Appellant Tanya Giron by Defendant-Appellee Danny Torrez, a corrections officer at the New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility ("NMWCF") where Ms. Giron was incarcerated, Ms. Giron brought the following claims in district court: (1) a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against Mr. Torrez, alleging that the rape constituted excessive force in violation of her Eighth Amendment rights (count I); (2) a § 1983 claim against Defendant-Appellees Thomas Newton and Corrections Corporation of America ("CCA") for deliberate indifference to the substantial risk that Ms. Giron would be sexually assaulted, given the segregation unit's design and staffing (count II); (3) a § 1983 claim against Warden Newton and CCA for failure to provide Ms. Giron with adequate medical care after the alleged rape (count III); (4) assault, battery, false imprisonment and intentional infliction of emotional distress by Mr. Torrez (count IV); (5) negligence on the part of CCA and Warden Newton for failing to institute appropriate safeguards against the sexual assault of female inmates by prison employees (count V), and (6) statutory liability on the part of CCA pursuant to N.M. Stat. Ann. § 33-1-17(D)(2) & (3) (Michie 1998 Repl. Pamp.) (count VI).