STEVENS

v.

TILLMAN ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (45 total)

• Cannon v. MacOn Cnty., 1 F.3d 1558 (11th Cir. 1993)
  …(deliberate indifference showing necessary in prisoner suicide ease alleging § 1983 cause of action for violation of substantive rights protected by eighth and fourteenth amendments); Taylor v. Ledbetter, 818 F. 2d 791 (11th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 489 U.S. 1065, 109 S.Ct. 1337, 103 L.Ed.2d 808 (1989) (child abused by foster care parent must show deliberate indifference or gross negligence to establish § 1983 liability in action brought against state officials for violation of substantive due process rights…
• D.R. v. Middle Bucks Area Vocational Tech. Sch., 972 F.2d 1364 (3d Cir. 1992)
  …ruing the pleadings in favor of plaintiffs then, we must “determine whether, under any reasonable reading of the pleadings, the plaintiff may be entitled to relief.” Colburn v. Upper Darby Township, 838 F. 2d 663, 665-66 (3d Cir.1988), cert. denied, 489 U.S. 1065, 109 S.Ct. 1338, 103 L.Ed.2d 808 (1989). B. Legal Sufficiency of the Complaints under § 1983 Generally, the first issue in a § 1983 case is whether a plaintiff sufficiently alleges a deprivation of any right secured by the constitution. Baker v. M…

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• Sybille G. Wooten v. Campbell, 49 F.3d 696 (11th Cir. 1995)
  …situation and, accordingly, if a child is injured by a foster family, he or she has a section 1983 claim for a violation of a constitutional right. See Taylor by and through Walker v. Ledbetter, 818 F. 2d 791 (11th Cir.1987) (en banc), cert. denied, 489 U.S. 1065, 109 S.Ct. 1337, 103 L.Ed.2d 808 (1989). The facts of this case are very similar to the facts in DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services, 489 U.S. 189, 109 S.Ct. 998, 103 L.Ed.2d 249 (1989). In DeShaney, a minor child was sever…