Legal Opinion
Otis Merritt, Jr. v. Lt. Alfredo De Los Santos
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 17, 1983No. 82-2336, 82-2486PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Per curiam
Defendant-appellant, Lt. Alfredo De Los Santos, appeals from the judgment entered against him by the magistrate below for violating plaintiff’s due process right to an impartial Adjustment Committee. Nominal damages of $1 and punitive damages of $100 were awarded to the plaintiff. For the reasons which follow, we affirm the judgment in favor of plaintiff against defendant De Los Santos.
I
Plaintiff-appellee, Otis Merritt, Jr., filed the instant civil rights suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that the named defendants violated his constitutional rights by using excessive force without…
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