Layman v. Alexander’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “Deliberate indifference on the part of a supervisor may not be established ‘by pointing to a single incident or isolated incidents, ... for a supervisor cannot be expected to promulgate rules and procedures covering every conceivable occurrence within the area of his responsibilities.’ ” (quoting Slakan, 737 F.2d at 373 )); Russell v. Town of Chesapeake, 817 F.Supp. 38, 42 (S.D.W.Va.1993) (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Safford v. Barnes

2. “[t]here are no allegations. . . from which the Court may reasonably infer that either [supervisory officials] had actual or constructive knowledge that their subordinates posed a pervasive and unreasonable risk of constitutional injury to citizens like [plaintiff]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 193 N.C. App. 249 - Copper Ex Rel. Copper v. Denlinger