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Arizona wants lawsuit filed by raped prison teacher tossed
By readingeagle.com- Bob Christie
Published: 02/04/2015

PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge sharply questioned a state lawyer Monday after he asked her to dismiss a lawsuit from a teacher who says Corrections Department employees failed to protect her when she was raped by a convicted sex offender in a prison classroom.

U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton asked Deputy Attorney General Jonathan Weisbard how he could argue that the teacher wasn't placed in a dangerous situation by the warden and other top officials at the Eyman state prison complex in Florence, Arizona.

She also questioned how the teacher could have been responsible for her own safety when she entered the classroom to give a test. "Didn't she just do what she was required to do for her job?" Bolton asked.

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