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JOHNSON v. BREEDEN

No. 00-14090.

280 F.3d 1308 (2002)

Ernest D. JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brian BREEDEN, Sgt., Rudolph Gomez, Defendants-Appellants, Eduardo Luciano, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 28, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George P. Shingler, Mark A. Basurto, Casey, Gilson & Williams, P.C., Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellants.

John E. Talmadge, Greene, Buckley, Jones & McQueen, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before CARNES, COX and NOONAN, Circuit Judges.

CARNES, Circuit Judge:

Brian Breeden and Rudolph Gomez appeal from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict finding that while acting as corrections officers they violated the Eighth Amendment rights of a prisoner, Ernest Johnson, by using excessive force against him. They ask us to reverse the judgment on grounds related to the jury instructions and special interrogatories that were used, and also because they say that no punitive damages should have been awarded....

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