Mitchell v. Starks

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA HASSON MITCHELL CIVIL ACTION VERSUS STATE OF LOUISIANA, ET AL, NO. 20-00470-BAJ-SDJ RULING AND ORDER Plaintiff is an inmate at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center “EHCC”) in St. Gabriel, Louisiana. He alleges that on December 21, 2017 he protested a correctional officer’s mistreatment of a fellow inmate, prompting the same officer to handcuff him, mace him, and forcibly “throw” him into the shower, causing him to trip over a concrete partition, fall, and suffer multiple broken bones. Plaintiff seeks damages from the offending…