Bruin v. White

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY PADUCAH DIVISION BRANDON R. BRUIN PLAINTIFF v. NO. 5:16-CV-105-BJB CHRISTOPHER SWANK DEFENDANT ***** FINDINGS OF FACT & CONCLUSIONS OF LAW FOLLOWING BENCH TRIAL In this long-running case, pro se plaintiff Brandon Bruin has claimed that numerous supervisory officials and prison guards in the Kentucky Department of Corrections have violated several of his constitutional rights. At this point though, only one claim remains: whether officer Christopher Swank violated Bruin’s Eighth Amendment rights by gratuitously punching him in the face…