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CDC Settles Excessive Force Suit for $1,000
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1999
by John Gann
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1999, page 14
On October 26, 1998, the California Department of Corrections (CDC) paid $1,000 to settle an excessive force suit filed by pro se prisoner John Gann against nine named prison officials.
Filed under:
Injury -- Misc.,
Conditions of Confinement,
Strip Cells,
Guard Brutality/Beatings.
Location:
California.
On January 7, 1994, Gann, Alex Bermudez and Carlos Ramirez were housed in the Administrative Segregation Unit (ASU) at New …
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