Cottone v. Jenne.U.S. Appeals Court PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT Cottone v. Jenne, 326 F.3d 1352 (11th Cir. 2003). The personal representative of the estate of a pretrial pre·tri·al n. A proceeding held before an official trial, especially to clarify points of law and facts. adj. 1. Of or relating to a pretrial. 2. detainee de·tain·ee n. A person held in custody or confinement: a political detainee. Noun 1. detainee - some held in custody political detainee who was killed by a mentally-ill co-inmate, brought a [section] 1983 action. The district court denied qualified immunity Qualified immunity is a doctrine in United States law providing immunity from suit to government officials performing discretionary functions when their action did not violate clearly established law. Qualified immunity was created by the U.S. for the defendants and they appealed. The appeals court affirmed in part and reversed in part. The appeals court held that officers were not entitled to qualified immunity because they failed to monitor a known violent inmate that was housed in a unit for mentally ill inmates. The court held that supervisory officials were entitled to qualified immunity from [section] 1983 liability for their failure to train and supervise officers on duty at the time of the murder, absent an allegation of a constitutional violation on their part. (North Broward Detention Center A detention center or a detention centre is any location used for detention. Specifically, it can mean:
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