· 1/23/1980
George Martinez v. Henry Rosado and Stephen Dalsheim, Individually and as Superintendent of the Ossining Correctional Facility
Citations
- 614 F.2d 829
- 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 21123
How courts have described this case
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- holding a prisoner’s refusal of orders did not “justify a physical assault [by officers] absent some evidence … that the degree of force utilized by the officer was proper under the circumstances”
- prisoner alleged severe unprovoked beating raised guestion of fact for trial
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Judges: Kaufman, Smith, Oakes
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