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STANLEY v. HEJIRIKA

No. 97-6214.

134 F.3d 629 (1998)

Steven C. STANLEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lieutenant HEJIRIKA; Correctional Officer Johnson; Correctional Officer McMillen; Sergeant Keenan; Correctional Officer Demby, Defendants-Appellants, A. Robinson, Sergeant; Lieutenant Freeman; Correctional Officer Bellemy; Correctional Officer Guy; Correctional Officer Janaes; Correctional Officer Jennifer; Victor Jaramillo, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 21, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Glenn William Bell, Assistant Attorney General, Baltimore, MD, for Appellants. Timothy Joseph Sullivan, Sullivan & Sullivan, College Park, MD, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, for Appellants.

Before WILKINS, NIEMEYER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Reversed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINS and Judge WILLIAMS joined.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

The magistrate judge in this case found that correctional officers had used unconstitutionally excessive force in subduing the leader of a group of rebellious prisoners in the context of a prison disturbance and, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, awarded the prisoner $1,000 in compensatory damages and $2,000...

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