Legal Opinion
Baldwin v. Stalder
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 17, 1998No. 96-30225PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE,
Circuit Judge:
Primarily at issue is whether the district court erred in finding that, through excessive force, prison official James W. Herron violated the Eighth Amendment rights of inmate Carnell Kent Baldwin. We REVERSE that portion of the judgment and RENDER.
I
Late in 1993, Baldwin, an inmate at Washington Correctional Institute (WCI), filed a 42 U.SlC. § 1983 action, claiming that, as a result of two incidents on two successive days, numerous prison officials, inter alia, through use of excessive force violated his Eighth Amendment rights. Two of the named…
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