Legal Opinion
Matthews v. Copeland
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided December 11, 2017No. 3:15–cv–01507PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAVERLY D. CRENSHAW, JR., CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
George Matthews alleges that his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment was violated when he was shackled too tightly while being transported from the Bledsoe County, Tennessee Correctional Complex to the Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility in Nashville. The Magistrate Judge has entered a Report and Recommendation (Doc. No. 79) that recommends the Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 62) filed by Brandon Copeland and Ronald McBay be granted.
Matthews has filed objections to the R & R in the form of a…
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