Guitron v. Paul

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the defendant did not use excessive force when he “applied modest force” after the plaintiff “disobeyed a command that was designed to maintain order within the prison”
• holding that a defendant “did not violate the constitution by applying additional force” when the plaintiff “disobeyed a command that was designed to maintain order within the prison” and then “remained defiant” after the application of “modest force”
• finding that the defendant did not act unconstitutionally in escalating the use of force when the plaintiff remained defiant after the defendant’s initial application of more modest force
• affirming dismissal of complaint where inmate plaintiff failed to allege facts showing malicious or sadistic intent on the part of the defendant officer
• affirming dismissal of deliberate indifference claim where corrections officer “twisted [the prisoner’s wrist] and caused pain that lasted for two months”
• prison officials “must be able to handle, sometimes manhandle” inmates to maintain order in the prison environment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).