Dawes v. Coughlin

MEMORANDUM-DECISION & ORDER

McAvoy, Chief Judge.

I.BACKGROUND

The Court conducted a two day bench trial in the above captioned case which commenced on February 18,1997. The plaintiff, Ian Dawes, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleges that the defendant violated his constitutional rights by subjecting him to malicious prosecution, to excessive force on more than one occasion, by failing to provide medical treatment, and by improperly issuing restraint orders (“RO”) and deprivation orders (“DO”). The defendants deny any unconstitutional conduct, and claim that they are qualifiedly immune from…