Legal Opinion
Gibson v. Brooks
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 12, 2006No. 05-3409-CVPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
Plaintiff-Appellant Joseph Gibson, III, appeals from a March 22, 2005 decision of the District Court ordering a mistrial in a § 1983 action brought by plaintiff for recovery of damages arising from alleged violations of his Eighth Amendment rights while incarcerated at Osborn Correctional Institution in 1999. On the morning of March 22, 2005—which was scheduled to be the second day of trial—the originally empaneled jurors informed the District Court that, in light of the violent facts presented during earlier testimony and their having disclosed personal information during the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Burke v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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