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Adames v. Perez
5th CircuitJune 4, 2003No. 01-40851Cited 113 times
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Higginbotham, Garza, Dennis
- Status
- Published
- Procedural Posture
- appeal
- Circuit
- 5th Circuit
Related Laws
No specific laws identified for this ruling.
Outcome
Court vacated jury verdict finding three prison officials liable for failing to protect inmate from attack and remanded for new trial, finding insufficient evidence to support the verdict under plain error review.
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