Corley v. Shahid

MEMORANDUM OPINION

COGAN, District Judge.

This is an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in which plaintiff claims that one of six defendant police officers used excessive force in arresting him and the five other defendant officers failed to intervene to prevent the use of excessive force. At the conclusion of plaintiffs case at trial, I granted defendants’ motion for judgment as a matter of law.1 This opinion expands upon the basis for that ruling as stated on the record.

PLAINTIFF’S CASE

Plaintiff called two witnesses at trial. First, he called Dr. Ronald Light, an orthopedist offered as a…