Rushanda Mize v. Ralph Tedford’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 1 state decisions

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1. ““failure to supervise” theory of municipal liability is a rare one. Most agree that it exists and some allege they have seen it, but few actual specimens have been proved. It appears to relate to two more common theories of municipal liability: an inadequate-training theory or an acquiescence theory.... However characterized, [a claim for failure to supervise] must meet the rigorous standards of culpability and causation that the Supreme Court has required when a plaintiff claims that a municipality has indirectly caused a violation of federal rights in spite of its facially lawful policies.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 562 F. App'x 484 - Joshua Amerson v. Waterford Township

2. “[i]n virtually every instance where a person has had his or her constitutional rights violated by a city employee, a § 1983 plaintiff will be able to point to something the city 'could have done' to prevent the unfortunate incident.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Reed v. Multi-Cty. Juvenile Sys.

3. “opportunity alone, without reason to suspect that it will lead to a constitutional violation, does not establish deliberate indifference. At best, it establishes negligence, which 'will not suffice.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Reed v. Multi-Cty. Juvenile Sys.