SANTIAGO v. SEMENZA

No. 95 Civil 4706 (JGK).

965 F.Supp. 468 (1997)

Sammy SANTIAGO, Plaintiff, v. Bryan SEMENZA, Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

May 19, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sammy Santiago, Metropolitan Correctional Center New York, New York City, pro se.

Mary Jo White, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York by Sheila M. Gowan, Assistant United States Attorney, New York City, for Defendant.


KOELTL, District Judge.

This action arises out of the alleged use of excessive force by the defendant, Bryan Semenza, against the pro se plaintiff, Sammy Santiago, while he was a pretrial detainee during a disturbance in a holding cell area located behind a courtroom in the United States Courthouse of the Southern District of New York. Liberally construed, the complaint asserts a claim pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Federal Bureau...

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