Adams v. Whitehair

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK JAMES ANTHONY ADAMS, Plaintiff, 21-CV-6298 CJS-CDH DECISION and ORDER DEPUTY CORPORAL WHITEHAIR, Defendant. INTRODUCTION James Anthony Adams (“Adams” or “Plaintiff’), proceeding pro se, commenced this action pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 1983

(“Section 1983), alleging that when he was confined at the Monroe County Jail in Rochester, New York (“the Jail”), defendant Corporal Philip Whitehair (“Whitehair” or “Defendant”) subjected him to excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Now before the Court is…