Legal Opinion
Degolia v. Kenton Cnty.
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided May 7, 2019No. CIVIL ACTION No. 2:17-CV-226 (WOB-CJS)PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
William O. Bertelsman, United States District Judge
This civil rights action was brought by Plaintiff Neil Degolia after he was arrested *748for public intoxication and taken to the Kenton County Detention Center, where Degolia alleges deputies threw him to the floor in the booking area and beat him, causing a black eye and injuries to his jaw, and then secured him in a restraint chair for just over two hours. Consistent with the surveillance video that captured these events, Degolia maintains he did not provoke the incident.
The Complaint contains the following six counts:
Count I: Violation of the…
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