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Use of Force While Prisoner Restrained Defeats Summary Judgment

A Kansas Federal District Court held a guard's initial use of force to
restrain a prisoner was permissible under the circumstances of the case,
but found a genuine issue of material fact existed as to the
reasonableness of force used after the prisoner was subdued. Kansas
prisoner Johnathan W. Bafford ...

 

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