Legal Opinion
Gibeau v. Nellis
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 28, 1994No. 655, Docket 92-2426PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
Jacques Pierre Gibeau, a/k/a Marvin Pits-ley, appeals from a judgment entered by Chief Judge McAvoy after the Chief Judge denied a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988). Gibeau moved for judgment n.o.v. after a jury found that Corrections Officer James Lytle had used excessive force against Gibeau in violation of the Eighth Amendment but declined to award any damages. We affirm the district eoúrt’s denial of the motion insofar as it declined to award compensatory damages. We reverse the denial of the…
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