Chinchello v. Fenton

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · Decided 1986-11-14

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SEITZ, Circuit Judge, concurring. Plaintiff Chinchello’s claim is that the Constitution imposed on Carlson affirmative duties to train, supervise and discipline his subordinates so that the plaintiff’s constitutional rights would not be invaded. Assuming the existence of some such affirmative duties, I believe that, as applied to Carlson, the extent of those constitutional duties was not free from doubt u…

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