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Guard Liable for Hitting Prisoner
Loaded on April 15, 1992
published in Prison Legal News
April, 1992, page 5
Guard Liable For Hitting Prisoner
Filed under:
Eighth Amendment,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Civil Procedure,
State Law Claims.
Location:
Michigan.
Ronald Neal is a Michigan state prisoner who was punched in the groin by a prison guard. Neal filed suit under 1983 claiming that his 8th amendment and due process rights had been violated, he also included a pendent tort claim for assault and battery …
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