Cothran v. Russell

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI CENTRAL DIVISION DEANDRE JEROD COTHRAN Plaintiff, v. No. 2:17-cv-04012 NKL JAMES RUSSELL, Defendant. ORDER This case concerns whether defendant James Russell’s shooting of pepper spray through a cell door’s food port, purportedly without warning, constituted excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Defendant moves pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 702 to strike the expert report and opinion procured by plaintiff DeAndre Jerod Cothran on the ground that the opinion…