Cooper v. Wicks

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK SAM COOPER, Plaintiff, 21-CV-453-LJV-HKS v. DECISION & ORDER GARRETT WICKS, Defendant. On February 22, 2021, the pro se plaintiff, Sam Cooper, commenced this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Docket Item 1. Cooper alleged that the defendant, Correction Officer Garrett Wicks, violated his constitutional rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments by assaulting Cooper at the Lakeview Shock Correctional Facility (“Lakeview”). See id.; see Docket Item 11 (amended complaint). This Court dismissed Cooper’s official capacity and due…