BLACKMON v. SUTTON

No. 12-3199.

734 F.3d 1237 (2013)

Brandon BLACKMON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marla SUTTON, Natasha Tyson, Keith Gutierrez, John Hittle, Kirk Taylor, and Joan Fitzjarrald, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 8, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Keeley of McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, Quinn & Herrington, P.A., Wichita, KS, for Defendants-Appellants.

J. Philip Davidson of Hinkle Law Firm LLC, Wichita, KS ( Paul J. Skolaut of Hinkle Law Firm LLC, Wichita, KS; Michael Jilka of Law Office of Michael Jilka, LLC, Lawrence, KS; and Timothy J. Finnerty of Wallace, Saunders, Austin, Brown & Enochs, Chrtd., Wichita, KS, with him on the brief) for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before GORSUCH, HOLLOWAY, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.


GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.

Weeks before eleven-year-old, 4'11," 96-pound Brandon Blackmon arrived at the juvenile detention center in Sedgwick, Kansas, officials there made a new purchase: the Pro-Straint Restraining Chair, Violent Prisoner Chair Model RC-1200LX. The chair bore wrist, waist, chest, and ankle restraints all. In the months that followed, the staff made liberal use of their new acquisition on the center's youngest and smallest charge. Sometimes in a legitimate...

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