Troyanos v. Coats

Petition for certiorari denied on February 21, 2012

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
11-742	11th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2011

Issue: (1) Whether an inmate, consistent with this Court’s decision in Farmer v. Brennan, may maintain a Section 1983 claim by alleging that an official had knowledge of a substantial risk of serious harm without alleging that the official had knowledge of the specific harm suffered; (2) Whether a uniform standard be established to allow an inmate to properly maintain a Section 1983 claim for failure to train even if liability cannot be ascribed to a single, individual officer; and (3) whether the subjective recklessness standard for claims brought by prisoners under the Eighth Amendment applies equally to claims brought by detainees under the Fourteenth Amendment?

Briefs and Documents

Certiorari-stage documents

• Opinion below (11th Cir.)
• Petition for certiorari
• Brief in opposition (forthcoming)
• Reply of petitioner