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Permanent Injury Not Required to State Excessive Force Claim

The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and remanded a Texas U.S. District Court's dismissal of a state prisoner's claim that prison guards used excessive force against him.

Thomas Luciano was a prisoner in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). While in administrative segregation, Luciano claimed that Lieutenant ...

 

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