Clifton Thomas v. Willis Stalter and Robert Heath

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• concluding that district court may weigh the evidence and assess the witnesses’ credibility in ruling on a motion for a new trial
• remanding for new trial on liability and damages where \jury's finding of liability [was] in irreconcilable conflict with its award of zero damages\
• punching a prisoner with a closed fist, while held down by other officers, qualified as more than de minimis
• granting a motion for a new trial where the jury instructions specifically required the jury to find damages before it could find liability
• where an officer punched an inmate in the face while he was restrained causing pain and exacerbation of a dental condition
• where an officer punched an inmate in the face while he was restrained causing pain and exacerbation of a dental condition

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