Travis Williams v. David Stauche

ORDER

Travis Williams was held overnight as a pretrial detainee at the county jail in Ke-nosha, Wisconsin, in August 2014. In this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, he principally claims that two guards gratuitously assaulted him. The district court dismissed this and other Fourteenth Amendment claims at summary judgment, reasoning in part that still images from surveillance cameras contradict Williams’ allegation that he was assaulted. We disagree with this conclusion and remand for trial on the claim of excessive force.

Much of the evidence is disputed, and we recount it in the light most…