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Seventh Circuit Upholds Rejection of Excessive Force Claim
Loaded on May 15, 2011
On August 28, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a jury’s verdict rejecting a prisoner’s claim of excessive force.Oscar Cruz, a prisoner at Pendleton Correctional Facility, alleged that John Safford, a guard at Pendleton, had reached into his cell and choked him in violation …
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