Legal Opinion
Williams v. Drake
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 16, 1998No. 20-1081PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Two correctional officers, Scott Drake and Francis (“Fred”) Ford, appeal from an adverse jury verdict awarding damages to a former prison inmate. They claim that the lower court erroneously excluded relevant evidence and improperly retained a juror whose mental faculties were suspect. Finding none of their animadversions persuasive, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
In 1994, plaintiff-appellee William L. Williams resided in the minimum security cellblock at the Maine Correctional Institute-Warren (MCI-Warren). Prison regulations afforded him a daily three-hour recreational period.…
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