Legal Opinion
Gary Wayne Freeman v. Richard Rideout
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 30, 1986No. 1513, Docket 86-2153PublishedCited by 556 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RE, Chief Judge:
The defendant, Richard Rideout, a prison correctional officer, appeals from a judgment entered against him by the District Court for the District of Vermont, which held him liable for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982). The district court found that Rideout filed unfounded or false charges against plaintiff, Gary Wayne Freeman, a state prison inmate. The charges, which accused Freeman of having assaulted another inmate, were the basis for a prison disciplinary hearing, after which Freeman was found guilty, and sentenced to 30 days of “segregation.”
Rideout contends that “the…
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