RISDAL v. MARTIN

No. 4-89-CV-30664.

810 F.Supp. 1049 (1993)

Eddie RISDAL, Plaintiff, v. CIP Officer MARTIN; CIP Officer Swartz; Unknown CIP Officer; and John Sanders, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Iowa, C.D.

January 7, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey M. Lipman, Lipman Law Firm, Des Moines, IA, for plaintiff.

Asst. Atty. Gen. Suzie A. Berregaard Thomas, Grimes, IA, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BENNETT, United States Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiff, Eddie Charles Risdal, is an inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary at Fort Madison, Iowa ("ISP"). In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, Risdal alleges that excessive physical force was used by correctional officials on September 13, 1989, when Risdal was forcibly required to shower. Risdal asserts that this physical force was unconstitutional.1 Risdal...

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