Dock Brown v. Charles Smith, Guard, West Jefferson Correctional Facility and Warden J.D. White, Individually

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• holding that in addition to a question of reasonableness, the evidence must support a reliable inference of wantonness in the infliction of pain in order to avoid summary judgment
• holding that in addition to a question of reasonableness, the evidence must support a reliable inference of wantonness in the infliction of pain in order to avoid summary judgment
• noting that the inmate was “immediately” taken to the infirmary after the altercation
• stating that the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments give equivalent protections against excessive force
• discounting inmate’s allegations of force and resulting injuries that were not supported by his medical record
• discounting inmate’s allegations of force and resulting injuries that were not supported by his medical record

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