Legal Opinion
Czajka v. Black
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 2, 1990No. 87-2548PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
John Czajka and Mike Lozano jointly appeal 1 both from a district court2 order denying their motion for new trial and adverse jury verdicts in their actions brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982). In their suits, they allege that during, and shortly after, a disturbance at the Missouri State Penitentiary, various corrections officers violated their eighth and fourteenth amendment rights to be free from cruel and un*1485usual punishment. After the jury returned a verdict for the defendants, Czajka and Lozano moved jointly for a new trial under Federal Rule of Civil…
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3Cited by14 opinions
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