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FREEMAN v. RIDEOUT

No. 1513, Docket 86-2153.

808 F.2d 949 (1986)

Gary Wayne FREEMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard RIDEOUT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Curtis, Defender General (Steven W. Gould, Defender), Correctional Facilities, Montpelier, Vt., for plaintiff-appellee.

Andrew W. MaClean, Asst. Atty. Gen., Waterbury, Vt., for defendant-appellant.

Before PRATT and MINER, Circuit Judges, and RE, Chief Judge, United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 293(a).

RE, Chief Judge:

The defendant, Richard Rideout, a prison correctional officer, appeals from a judgment entered against him by the District Court for the District of Vermont, which held him liable for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982). The district court found that Rideout filed unfounded or false charges against plaintiff, Gary Wayne Freeman, a state prison inmate. The charges, which accused Freeman of having assaulted another inmate, were the basis for...

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