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| N.M. Jail Beating Leads to Suit |
| By Farmington Daily Times |
| Published: 11/26/2002 |
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San Juan County and its detention center have been named as defendants in a lawsuit alleging the institutions and several employees violated the civil rights of a jail inmate. The lawsuit for tort claims and damages was filed by Cosme Ripol and Stephen F. Lawless, attorneys for Nathan Nobles. The 50-year-old man was the victim of a beating April 12 while he was held in the San Juan County Detention Center on a charge of motor vehicle theft. Nobles was attacked by seven inmates over a period of approximately two minutes. A jail surveillance camera recorded the entire attack and also showed that it took jail officers more than a minute to come to the man's aid. The video showed several of the inmates jumping Nobles and beating him while he was on the cell floor. The actual beating lasted just 25 seconds. Nobles could be seen in the cell wiping up blood from the floor when another inmate ran up the stairs and jumped on the victim's head. The other inmates started beating and kicking Nobles again. This continued for about 30 seconds before a jail officer entered the block. The inmates stopped their attack and the officer walked out. He returned about 20 seconds later with another officer and what appeared to be a paramedic. The attack left Nobles in a coma for a number of months, but he is currently in recovery. The lawsuit stated that the officer-defendants failed to protect Nobles from harm, failed to provide him with protective custody, failed to take reasonable steps to properly classify Nobles and failed to follow their own requirements and regulations which were designed to protect Nobles a protection required by law. Instead of moving Nobles into a safe area, the lawsuit alleges the jail, its administrators and employees put him in danger. There is also evidence the jail knew Nobles would be targeted for an attack because the affidavit for arrest warrants on the suspects stated another inmate was 'going around the cell pod for a couple of days (saying) that Nathan was a baby raper.'' Prior to filing the lawsuit Nov. 8, Ripol said he made a policy offer to the county and the parties involved. Now, through his attorneys, Nobles and his guardian Neil Nobles are seeking compensatory damages. |
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