Camp v. Brennan

SHADUR, District Judge.

Prisoner Ronald Camp (“Camp”) filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 1983”) action pro se, alleging that prison guards violated his civil rights by using excessive and unnecessary force against him. Following a defense motion in the alternative to dismiss or for summary judgment, Magistrate Judge Susan Paradise Baxter issued a report on August 6, 1999 recommending that the motion be granted based upon Camp’s failure to have exhausted his administrative remedies. District Judge Sean J. McLaughlin adopted the recommendation and granted the motion on September 30, 1999. We…