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MATHIE v. FRIES

No. 1274, Docket 96-9138.

121 F.3d 808 (1997)

Maurice J. MATHIE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roy FRIES, in both his individual capacity and his official capacity as Sergeant of Security, Suffolk County Correctional Facilities, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 31, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Cabble, Asst. County Atty., Hauppauge, NY (Robert J. Cimino, Suffolk County Atty., Hauppauge, NY, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant.

Charles J. Rappaport, Melville, NY (Gregory M. Kobrick, Gandin, Schotsky & Rappaport, Melville, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: MESKILL and NEWMAN, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, District Judge.

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal primarily concerns the proper amount of compensatory and punitive damages that should be awarded to a prisoner in a section 1983 suit in which the prisoner alleged that he was sexually assaulted by a prison official. Roy Fries, an officer at the Suffolk County Correctional Facility ("SCCF"), appeals from the August 8, 1996, judgment of the District Court for the Eastern District of...

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