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Fourth Circuit Revives Claims Against Virginia Jailers by Detainee They Allegedly Manhandled While Handcuffed
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2025
by Douglas Ankney
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2025, page 44
Filed under:
Videotaping,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Restraints,
Summary Judgment,
Physical Injury/Restraint.
Location:
Virginia.
by Douglas Ankney
On July 8, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed a grant of summary judgment to Defendant officials at Virginia’s Hampton Roads Regional Jail (HRRJ) in a detainee’s suit alleging that they manhandled him while he was restrained in handcuffs.
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