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CORPUS v. BENNETT

No. 04-2603.

430 F.3d 912 (2005)

Jose Alonzo CORPUS, Appellant, v. Tony BENNETT, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 7, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Engh, argued, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.

Jon K. Iverson, argued, Bloomington, MN, for appellee.

Before MURPHY, BRIGHT, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.

A jury found for Jose Alonzo Corpus on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim for the use of excessive force during pretrial detention and awarded him $75,000 in "nominal" damages. Corpus appeals the ruling of the district court1 reducing the nominal damages award to one dollar. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

I. BACKGROUND

On November 18, 1995...

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