Legal Opinion
Earl Davis v. Seth Wessel
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 7, 2015No. 13-3416PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TINDER, Circuit Judge.
Earl Sidney Davis, a civil detainee, sued security guards Seth Wessel and George Lay pursuant to the substantive component of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause and 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging Wessel and Lay refused to remove Davis’s hand restraints while he used the restroom and then laughed as he struggled to unzip his pants and urinate. A jury found in favor of Davis and awarded him $1,000 in compensatory damages. Wessel and Lay appeal, contending that the district court erred in instructing the jury and denying their motion for judgment as a matter of law.…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Daniels v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- County of Sacramento v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
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3Cited by34 opinions
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