Legal Opinion
Smith v. Cochran
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 12, 2003No. 01-5085PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Don Cochran appeals the district court’s denial of qualified immunity in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Plaintiff Pamela Smith brought this action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma alleging violation, inter alia, of her Eighth Amendment right to be free from the use of excessive force against her. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, see Mitchell v. Forsyth, 472 U.S. 511, 525, 105 S.Ct. 2806, 86 L.Ed.2d 411 (1985), and AFFIRM.
BACKGROUND
During the period covering the incidents alleged in her complaint, November…
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