Laws v. Cleaver

OPINION

ARTERTON, District Judge.

I. Introductory Statement

After an altercation involving plaintiff Keith Laws’ attempts to be heard at an internal prison disciplinary hearing, he brought suit against three corrections officers at McDougall Correctional Institute charging them with violations of the constitutional prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment and depriving him of his due process rights. The facts surrounding the disciplinary hearing and resulting altercation were hotly disputed, and after a four-day trial, the jury rendered a verdict accepting plaintiffs version of events,…