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CORTEZ v. SKOL

No. 12-16688.

776 F.3d 1046 (2015)

Marty CORTEZ, a single woman, on her own behalf, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Philip Anthony Cortez, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bill SKOL; State of Arizona, a body politic, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 26, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Abney (argued), Knapp & Roberts, Scottsdale, AZ; John P. Leader , The Leader Law Firm, Tucson, AZ, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael E. Gottfried (argued), Assistant Attorney General; Thomas C. Horne , Arizona Attorney General, Phoenix, AZ, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: RONALD M. GOULD, PAUL J. WATFORD, and MICHELLE T. FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Contrary to prison policy and the training he provided others, Corrections Officer Bill Skol escorted three mutually hostile, half-restrained, high-security inmates by himself through an isolated prison passage known as "no man's land." Two of the inmates attacked the third, Philip Cortez, and stomped...

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