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Ninth Circuit: Kicking Shackled Prisoner In Genitals Is Cruel And Unusual Punishment

When California Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) prisoner Christopher Watts filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against guards J. McKinney and S.J. Steinberg for kicking Watts in the genitals after an unsuccessful interrogation regarding PBSP guards bringing in drugs or knives, the U.S. District Court (N.D. Cal.) ruled that ...

 

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