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The Fifth Circuit Still Stands Alone In Refusing To Accept the State-Created Danger Theory

By Sheldon Nahmod on September 3, 2024
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Still playing it coy on the state-created danger exception to DeShaney v. Winnebago County, 489 U.S. 189 (1989), the Fifth Circuit ruled that the defendant public school officials were protected by qualified immunity when they failed to prevent the sexual assault on a disabled student by another student with “known violent tendencies.” The student alleged […]

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Professor Sheldon Nahmod is a well-known expert on constitutional law, the First Amendment, civil rights and liberties and the law of Section 1983. He writes on these and other law-related topics on his blog.

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