Settle v. Stepp

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA CHARLESTON DIVISION JOSHUA M. SETTLE, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 2:18-cv-01177 NATHAN SCOTT STEPP, Individually and as a member of the West Virginia State Police, Defendant. ORDER This is an excessive force action brought pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 1983

and West Virginia state law. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff Joshua M. Settle (“Plaintiff”) alleges that Defendant Nathan Scott Stepp (“Defendant”), a West Virginia state trooper, beat him with a baton upon detaining him and attempted to cover it up. (Id.) Before this Court…