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Abstract: 

Toby Meagher and Troy Leae should not have been celled together in the King County Jail (Washington) or perhaps any jail, anywhere. On July 15, 2018, an altercation between the two in their shared cell left Meagher in a pool of blood and severely injured. Meagher sued the County and County officials for damages based on a claim they in one fashion or another failed to protect him from the known to be violent Leae. They allegedly failed to heed Meagher’s complaints about the threat posed by Leae. In Meagher v. King Co., 2020 WL 3872744 (W.D. Wash.), the district court grants partial summary judgment for plaintiff and for defendant.

Keywords: Meagher v. King Co., 2020 WL 3872744; Fourteenth Amendment failure to protect claim

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