Jerry McCrary v. Dennis Shaw, John Mills, and Edward Courtney

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Jerry McCrary-El is currently serving a life sentence plus 35 years in Farmington, Missouri (FCC), for assault with intent to kill with malice aforethought, first-degree arson, and carrying a concealed weapon. He claims that correctional center employees used excessive force against him in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. After a three-day trial, the Hon. David D. Noce presiding, the jury found for the officers. McCrary-El filed a motion for a new trial, which was denied, and this appeal followed.

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McCrary-El was housed in the administrative…