Sanchez v. Young County’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate ·

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1. “Constitutional challenges by pretrial detainees may be brought under two alternative theories: as an attack on a 'condition of confinement' or as an 'episodic act or omission [by one or more state officials].' " Shepherd v. Dallas County , 591 F.3d 445 , 452 (5th Cir. 2009) (citing Hare , 74 F.3d 633 , 644-45 ); see also Sanchez , 866 F.3d at 279 ("The 'unconstitutional conditions' theory rests on the idea that the County has imposed what amounts to punishment in advance of trial on pretrial detainees[.] ... The 'episodic acts and omissions' theory, in contrast, requires a finding that particular jailers acted or failed to act with deliberate indifference to the detainee's needs.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Self v. City of Mansfield

2. “a plaintiff must show that public officers were [1] aware of facts from which an inference of a substantial risk of serious harm to an individual could be drawn; [2] that they actually drew the inference; and [3] that their response indicates subjective intention that the harm occur.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Garza v. City of Donna

3. “plaintiffs can bring a pretrial detainee case, whether or not it ultimately involves suicide, under alternative theories of episodic acts and omissions by individual defendants or unconstitutional conditions of confinement.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Garza v. City of Donna