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Fifth Circuit Reinstates Dallas County Jail Excessive Force Suit
Loaded on May 6, 2015
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2015, page 48
Filed under:
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Restraints,
Excessive Force (Wrongful Death).
Location:
Texas.
Fifth Circuit Reinstates Dallas County Jail Excessive Force Suit
by Matt Clarke
On July 17, 2014, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the widow of a former Texas prisoner alleging excessive use of force by guards at the Dallas County Jail.
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