Legal Opinion
Davidson v. Flynn
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 2, 1994No. 1822, Docket 93-2571PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Chief Judge:
The primary question in this case, dismissed at the pleading stage, is the sufficiency under the Eighth Amendment of an allegation that correctional officers, who needed to handcuff an inmate being transported to another prison, deliberately applied the handcuffs too tightly in retaliation for his litigiousness. Ronald Davidson appeals from the July 29, 1993, judgment of the District Court for the Northern District of New York (Thomas J. McAvoy, Chief Judge) granting the motion of the defendant prison officials for judgment on the pleadings, pursuant to Rule 12(e)…
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