Legal Opinion
Blissett v. Eisensmidt
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided September 18, 1996No. 6:83-cv-00218PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER
McCURN, Senior District Judge.
BACKGROUND
Following a three day trial of this prisoner civil rights action, the jury returned a verdict, with the exception of one defendant, 1 in favor of plaintiff. Guided by a verdict form, the jury found that defendants Casey, 2 Greene, and Mulhall, all of whom were COs at Great Meadow Correction Facility (“the facility”) during the relevant time frame, violated plaintiff Donovan Blissett’s Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment when they allegedly used excessive force on him. At the same time,…
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