Legal Opinion
Johnny Gray v. Detective Spillman Detective Bishop Detective Riggs Detective Cartner
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 7, 1991No. 89-7740PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
Johnny Gray instituted a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against three police officers and a jailer, alleging that the officers beat and injured him during two custodial interrogations. The district court, relying on the magistrate judge’s recommendation, granted summary judgment for the defen dants. The magistrate judge had concluded that the affidavits indisputably showed that Gray had not suffered any serious physical injury. Gray has appealed the district court’s judgment.
We reverse the district court’s judgment in favor of the police officers because serious injury is…
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