Does the state have to show conscience-shocking behavior on the part of the state when it takes into custody an individual who has not been treated for medical reasons?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Charles v. Orange Cnty., 925 F.3d 73 (2nd Cir. 2019):

11 We have applied a separate "shocks the conscience" analysis in cases that do not involve the medical needs of those the state has taken into custody. See , e.g. , Matican , 524 F.3d at 155 (requiring plaintiff to show conscience-shocking behavior on the part of the state where plaintiff confidential informant was harmed while on the streets, not in a prison or jail); Lombardi v. Whitman , 485 F.3d 73 (2d Cir. 2007) (requiring proof of conscience-shocking behavior when plaintiffs alleged government made false assurances that workplace would be safe, although plaintiffs were not in custody).

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