Legal Opinion
Serna v. Colorado Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 26, 2006No. 04-1241PublishedCited by 182 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.
A prison special operations team forcibly removed Plaintiff-Appellee Floyd Serna from his cell based on reports that a prisoner, possibly his cell mate, had a loaded gun. Claiming he was injured during the incident due to excessive force, Serna filed a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He sued a number of correctional officials, including: (1) unidentified members of the prison special operations team; (2) the nurse and physician who treated his injuries; (3) the warden of the prison; and (4) Defendant-Appellant Gerald Gasko, the statewide director of prisons…
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