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ESTATE OF DAVIS BY OSTENFELD v. DELO

No. 96-1896.

115 F.3d 1388 (1997)

ESTATE OF Jeffrey L. DAVIS, by Mark L. OSTENFELD, Public Administrator of the City of St. Louis, Appellee, v. Paul K. DELO, Gregory Dunn, Greg Conaway, David McPeak, Billy Davis, Jim Underwood and Phillip Wade, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 16, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. Rauschenbach (argued), St. Louis, MO, for appellants.

Joe D. Jacobson (argued), Clayton, MO, for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN and MURPHY, Circuit Judges, and TUNHEIM, District Judge.

TUNHEIM, District Judge.

Appellants, correctional officers and prison administrators, appeal from an order2 entering judgment against them under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. At the conclusion of a bench trial, the district court found that appellants had violated inmate Jeffrey Davis-El's constitutional right to freedom from cruel and unusual punishment by using excessive force while removing him from his prison cell. The court awarded plaintiff...

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