Legal Opinion
Dominguez v. Correctional Medical Services
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 17, 2009No. 08-1212PublishedCited by 631 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COLE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellee Luis Dominguez filed his claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that on July 7, 2002, while housed at a Michigan Department of Corrections (“MDOC”) facility, he was subjected to excessive force and inadequate medical care in violation of the Eighth Amendment, as well as gross negligence under Michigan state law. The issue before this Court is whether the district court properly denied Defendant-Appellant Julie Fletcher’s motion for summary judgment. For the reasons set forth below, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.
I. BACKGROUND
A.…
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