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HAYWOOD v. KOEHLER

No. 916, Docket 95-2064.

78 F.3d 101 (1996)

Keith HAYWOOD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard KOEHLER, Captain Garcia, Captain Small, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 18, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart M. Altman, New York City (Ira S. Sacks, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Cheryl Payer, New York City (Paul A. Crotty, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, Stephen J. McGrath, Masako C. Shiono, New York City, on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before: NEWMAN, Chief Judge, MAHONEY and FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judges.

JON O. NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

This appeal in a lawsuit alleging misconduct by corrections officers primarily concerns the propriety of a jury's award of only nominal damages after finding one officer liable for use of excessive force. Keith Haywood appeals from the January 6, 1995, judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (John G. Koeltl, Judge), awarding him $1 nominal damages against Captain Gonzalo Garcia. Haywood v. Koehler,

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