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Case Name
Cottone v. Jenne
JC-FL-0011
Docket / Court
0:00-cv-07545-WJZ ( S.D. Fla. )
State/Territory
Florida
Case Type(s)
Jail Conditions
Case Summary
Plaintiff, a personal representative for his son, sued numerous defendants associated with the Broward County Detention Center in Florida after his son, a pretrial detainee, died at the hands of a mentally ill co-inmate. The detention center was subject to a consent decree from Carruthers v ...
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Plaintiff, a personal representative for his son, sued numerous defendants associated with the Broward County Detention Center in Florida after his son, a pretrial detainee, died at the hands of a mentally ill co-inmate. The detention center was subject to a consent decree from Carruthers v. Cochran (JC-FL-008) that required the jail to institute a system of classification, separation, and monitoring of inmates. In 2002, the district court for the Southern District of Florida (Judge William J. Zloch) denied defendant's motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, and defendants filed an interlocutory appeal. On appeal, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's holding that plaintiff's amended complaint against jail guards stated a claim, but granted supervisory officials' motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim. Cottone v. Jenne, 326 F.3d 1352 (11th Cir. 2003). According to the docket on PACER (as of May 2005), the parties are still going through pre-trial preparation, and a trial date was set for June of 2005.
Lauren Cutson - 05/25/2005
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Issues and Causes of Action
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Issues
Affected Gender
Male
Constitutional Clause
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Due Process
Equal Protection
Unreasonable search and seizure
General
Assault/abuse by residents/inmates/students
Classification / placement
Staff (number, training, qualifications, wages)
Type of Facility
Government-run
Causes of Action
42 U.S.C. ยง 1983
Case Details
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Defendant(s)
Broward County, FL
EMSA Correctional Care, Inc.
Plaintiff Description
The estate of Peter Anthony Cottone, Jr., an individual who died after being choked by another inmate at the North Broward Detention Center in Broward County, FL.
Class action status sought
No
Class action status granted
No
Filed Pro Se
No
Prevailing Party
Defendant
Public Int. Lawyer
No
Nature of Relief
None yet
Source of Relief
None yet
Filed
10/19/2000
Case Closing Year
2006
Case Ongoing
No
Related Cases
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Case Listing
JC-FL-0008
: Carruthers v. Israel (Jonas v. Stack) (S.D. Fla.)
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Court
Docket(s)
U.S. Court of Appeals
05/23/2003
02-14529-JJ
JC-FL-0011-9001.pdf
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Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
S.D. Fla.
01/16/2007
00-CV-7545
JC-FL-0011-9000.pdf
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Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
U.S. Court of Appeals
07/16/2007
06-14631-EE
JC-FL-0011-9002.pdf
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General Documents
S.D. Fla.
10/19/2000
Complaint
JC-FL-0011-0001.pdf
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S.D. Fla.
01/03/2001
Order [Regarding Defendant's Motion to Dismiss] [ECF# 31]
JC-FL-0011-0002.pdf
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S.D. Fla.
01/18/2002
Amended Complaint
JC-FL-0011-0003.pdf
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S.D. Fla.
07/15/2002
Order [Regarding Defendants Perfilio, Waldman, and McKenzie's Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint] [ECF# 125]
JC-FL-0011-0004.pdf
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S.D. Fla.
07/15/2002
Order [Regarding Defendants Jenne et al's Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint] [ECF# 126]
JC-FL-0011-0005.pdf
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U.S. Court of Appeals
04/11/2003
Reported Opinion
(326 F.3d 1352)
JC-FL-0011-0011.pdf
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WESTLAW
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LEXIS
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Detail
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S.D. Fla.
06/06/2005
Order [Regarding Defendant Broward County Board of County Commissioners' Motion for Summary Final Judgment] [ECF# 337]
JC-FL-0011-0006.pdf
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S.D. Fla.
01/13/2006
Order [Regarding Defendants' Motion to Limit Damages] [ECF# 369]
JC-FL-0011-0007.pdf
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S.D. Fla.
07/20/2006
Order [Regarding Defendants' Ore Tenus Motions for Judgment as a Matter of Law] [ECF# 405]
JC-FL-0011-0008.pdf
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S.D. Fla.
07/20/2006
Final Judgment [ECF# 406]
JC-FL-0011-0009.pdf
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U.S. Court of Appeals
07/30/2008
Opinion
(288 Fed.Appx. 620)
JC-FL-0011-0010.pdf
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People
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Judges
Hull, Frank M.
(N.D. Ga., Eleventh Circuit)
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JC-FL-0011-0011
Seltzer, Barry S.
(S.D. Fla.) [Magistrate]
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JC-FL-0011-9000
Zloch, William J.
(S.D. Fla.)
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JC-FL-0011-0002 | JC-FL-0011-0004 | JC-FL-0011-0005 | JC-FL-0011-0006 | JC-FL-0011-0007 | JC-FL-0011-0008 | JC-FL-0011-0009 | JC-FL-0011-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers
Heyer, Barbara A.
(Florida)
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JC-FL-0011-0001 | JC-FL-0011-0003 | JC-FL-0011-0011 | JC-FL-0011-9000 | JC-FL-0011-9001 | JC-FL-0011-9002
Defendant's Lawyers
Duignan, Christine M.
(Florida)
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JC-FL-0011-0011 | JC-FL-0011-9000 | JC-FL-0011-9001
Gregoire, Nancy
(Florida)
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JC-FL-0011-9002
Noe, Stephanie W.
(Florida)
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JC-FL-0011-9000
Page, Jodi Chase
(Florida)
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JC-FL-0011-9000
Piper, Michael Ross
(Florida)
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JC-FL-0011-0011 | JC-FL-0011-9000 | JC-FL-0011-9001 | JC-FL-0011-9002
Rowlee, James David
(Florida)
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JC-FL-0011-9000
Toomey, Gregg Alan
(Florida)
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JC-FL-0011-9000
Woulfe, Richard Thomas
(Florida)
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