Legal Opinion
Hightower v. Nassau County Sheriff's Department
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided July 19, 2004No. 99 CV 2523(ADS)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
SPATT, District Judge.
The plaintiff Ennis Hightower (“High-tower” or the “plaintiff’) brought this Section 1983 action against the Nassau County Sheriffs Department and five correction officers (collectively, the “defendants”), alleging violation of his Eighth Amendment constitutional rights based on excessive force while he was a pre-trial detainee at the Nassau County Correctional Facility. In addition, the plaintiff also alleged causes of action under New York State law sounding in battery. The Section 1983 excessive force and battery claims involved two…
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