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By Wayne Ortman
Sioux Falls, South Dakota (AP)
A boy’s guardian has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the federal government alleging the child was branded with a hot nail and sexually assaulted by another boy while being held at a tribal detention center.
Staff negligence and failure to follow procedures resulted in pain, suffering and civil rights violations, the civil lawsuit filed during late August alleges. The government had not filed its answer to the complaint and a spokesman with the U.S. Attorney’s office said it had no immediate comment.
The boy was 12 when placed in the facility on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in September 2008, according to the lawsuit.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota (AP)
A boy’s guardian has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the federal government alleging the child was branded with a hot nail and sexually assaulted by another boy while being held at a tribal detention center.
Staff negligence and failure to follow procedures resulted in pain, suffering and civil rights violations, the civil lawsuit filed during late August alleges. The government had not filed its answer to the complaint and a spokesman with the U.S. Attorney’s office said it had no immediate comment.
The boy was 12 when placed in the facility on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in September 2008, according to the lawsuit.
