Mrs. Jimmie Lue Williams v. Douglas E. Kelley and Floyd Carlton McIntyre

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• applying Johnson v. Glick standard; finding for defendant on grounds actions were mere negligence
• applying Johnson v. Glick standard; finding for defendant on grounds actions were mere negligence
• dragging prisoner in a choke-hold caused prisoner's death within ten feet
• strangulation to death of a prisoner was “at most an arguably negligent performance of lawful custodial function”
• “the sort of abuse of government power that is necessary to raise an ordinary tort by a government official to the stature of a violation of the Constitution”

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