Francis v. State of Maryland

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND JEFFREY FRANCIS, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. ELH-21-1365 STATE OF MARYLAND, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff Jeffrey Francis, a former inmate at the Maryland Correctional Training Center (“MCTC”), filed a civil rights suit, through counsel, pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 1983

and Maryland law. See ECF 1 (the “Complaint”). The suit stems from a use of force incident at MCTC on January 19, 2019, involving defendant Robert Fleegle, an MCTC correctional officer (the “Incident”).1 The Complaint has been amended three times.…