Snider v. Dylag, No. 98-2271 (2nd Cir.) (188 F.3d 51) (August 23, 1999) (Judge Ralph K. Jr. Winter)
Loaded on Oct. 1, 1999
published in Punch and Jurists
October 18, 1999
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Deliberate Indifference.
This case calls to mind the question once asked by the Roman scholar Juvenal: "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes"- which, roughly translated, means "who will guard the guardians"? Here, reversing a decision by Judge Skretny, the Second Circuit held that an inmate at Attica, who was assaulted by other inmates …
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