OSPINA v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, STATE OF DEL.

Civ. A. No. 89-585-JRR.

769 F.Supp. 154 (1991)

Ramon Elias OSPINA, Plaintiff, v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, STATE OF DELAWARE, Department of Public Safety, State of Delaware, Robert Durnan, Clifford M. Graviet, Howard Young, and Robert J. Watson, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

August 14, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carolyn M. McNeice, McNeice & Favata, P.A., Wilmington, Del., for plaintiff.

Stuart B. Drowos, Deputy Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, State of Del., Wilmington, Del., for defendants.


ROTH, Circuit Judge*.

Our return to this case is prompted by the motion of defendant Robert Durnan for summary judgment on plaintiff Ramon Ospina's two remaining claims. As explained in detail in our October 31, 1990 opinion, Ospina asserts that Durnan applied excessive force to Ospina's wrist during an otherwise lawful arrest. He first claims that this alleged transgression violated his right to freedom from excessive force, and that...

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