WILLIAMS v. DRAKE

No. 98-1014.

146 F.3d 44 (1998)

William L. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Scott DRAKE and Fred Ford, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 14, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane Sleek, Assistant Attorney General, State of Maine, with whom Andrew Ketterer, Attorney General, and Peter J. Brann, Assistant Attorney General, were on brief, for appellants.

Stuart W. Tisdale, Jr. for appellee.

Before SELYA and BOUDIN, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Two correctional officers, Scott Drake and Francis ("Fred") Ford, appeal from an adverse jury verdict awarding damages to a former prison inmate. They claim that the lower court erroneously excluded relevant evidence and improperly retained a juror whose mental faculties were suspect. Finding none of their animadversions persuasive, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In 1994, plaintiff-appellee...

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