Brown v. Hampton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION JUAN V. BROWN, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Case No. 4:24-cv-00216-SRC ) RONNIE HAMPTON and LUCAS ) HAMPTON, ) ) Defendants. ) Memorandum and Order Juan Brown claims that two corrections officers at the Farmington Correctional Center— Ronnie Hampton and Lucas Hampton—used excessive force against him in derogation of the Eighth Amendment. The Hamptons disagree. They contend that they used no more force than was necessary to restore order in the prison, and they accordingly move for summary judgment on two of Brown’s…