Opinion ID: 614341
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Epps's Failure to Train/Supervise

Text: There is insufficient evidence to support a finding that Epps's training or supervision of the employees in the records department was objectively unreasonable. Epps testified that employees in the records department had been trained and had been through orientation. He asserted that the employees in the records department had attended training sessions with a lawyer to ensure that they better understand the orders. Epps also stated that he instituted a system in the records department by which records technicians advance levels after being trained for a certain number of years. Epps further testified about training programs for the circuit judges: [W]e train the judges and ask them to put in the sentencing order exactly what they want us to do. Also, Epps explained that he put lawyers in that department to try to help the staff [in interpreting] sentencing orders from these different circuit judges. Porter presented no evidence to contradict Epps's testimony. Without more, the fact that an employee erred in one instance does not provide sufficient evidence to show that Epps's alleged actions in failing to train were objectively unreasonable. Accordingly, Epps is entitled to qualified immunity on this issue.