L. C. v. UNITED STATES

No. 22-6105.

83 F.4th 534 (2023)

L. C., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 28, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Anthony I. Werner , JOHN & WERNER LAW OFFICES, PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellant. Leif Overvold , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Anthony I. Werner, JOHN & WERNER LAW OFFICES, PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia, David G. Bryant , DAVID BRYANT LAW, PLLC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellant. Leif Overvold, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Before: MOORE, GIBBONS, and BUSH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

While L. C. was incarcerated at Federal Medical Center, Lexington ("FMC") in Lexington, Kentucky, she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by Bureau of Prisons ("BOP") employee Hosea Lee. L. C. alleges that the BOP knew or should have known of Lee's assaults on her and other incarcerated women. She...

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