SKRTICH v. THORNTON

No. 00-15959.

267 F.3d 1251 (2001)

David C. SKRTICH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Timothy Alvin THORNTON, in his individual capacity, Jason Patrick Griffis, in his individual capacity, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Vacated January 25, 2002


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Evans Langham, Langham & Langham, Ponte Vedra, FL, John F. Dickinson, Malfitano, Campbell & Dickerson, Martha D. Bolton, Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLC, Jacksonville, FL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Peter M. Siegel, Florida Justice Institute, Inc., Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before BLACK and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and HOBBS, District Judge.


BARKETT, Circuit Judge:

In this interlocutory appeal, Willie Archie, James E. Dean, Stacey L. Green, and Tony Anderson, all Florida State Corrections Officers, appeal the denial of their motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity on the claim brought by David C. Skrtich under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging a violation of his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights when he was subjected to an excessive and unjustified use of force while incarcerated at...

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