Kenneth Harold Swipies v. Frank Kofka

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• holding that a period of seventeen days is too long
• declining to correct erroneous jury instruction because defendant did not raise the correct theory below, on appeal, or adopt it at argument
• refusing to review an argument when the habeas petitioner did not object at trial or raise the argument in his appellate briefs, in light of his “inaction” and “relative indifference” to the argument
• finding punitive damage awards appropriate in such circumstances
• applying Kolstad in § 1983 context
• applying Kolstad in § 1983 context

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