HARRIS v. CHAPMAN

No. 95-4665.

97 F.3d 499 (1996)

Vincent D. HARRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Curtis CHAPMAN, M.J. Piggott, J.W. Barton, T. Kovalsky, R. Ridley, Sgt. Bentley, and R. Cotterman, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 11, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Davis Hoffman, William Davis Hoffman, Hoffman & Hoffman, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Charles Fahlbusch, Asst. Atty General, Department of Legal Affairs, Hollywood, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before HATCHETT, Chief Judge, ANDERSON, Circuit Judge, and WOOD, Senior Circuit Judge.


WOOD, Senior Circuit Judge:

On September 25, 1989 several correctional officers at the Martin Correctional Institution ("MCI") in Martin County, Florida forcibly removed Vincent D. Harris from his cell and had his hair cut, allegedly while beating him and using racial slurs. Harris, alleging a violation of his constitutional rights under the First and Eighth Amendments, brought a § 1983 action against the six officers involved, all of whom are parties to this...

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