Latimore v. McFaul

Per Curiam. The plaintiff, Edward Latimore, while incarcerated at the Cuyahoga County Correctional Facility, was attacked by a number of inmates. He then filed a § 1983 action, claiming that several of his constitutional rights had been violated by defendants -- two unknown corrections officers at the facility, Gerald McFaul, the county sheriff, and Bruce Stafford, the deputy sheriff. Latimore alleged that after he was let out of his cell, the unknown jailers unlocked the cells to six other inmates who, the officers allegedly knew, had been involved in verbal and physical conflicts with Latimore previously. In spite of Latimores requests to keep the inmates confined, the officers let the inmates out into the common area with Latimore. According to the complaint, the inmates attacked Latimore, and the officers "ran out of the area" and "did not do anything to break up the fight." Latimore, severely beaten, was then transported to St. Vincent Charity Hospital.