SURPRENANT v. RIVAS

No. 04-2285.

424 F.3d 5 (2005)

Jason SURPRENANT, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Cesar RIVAS et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 9, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Hurley, with whom John A. Curran and Getman, Stacey, Schulthess & Steere, PA were on brief, for appellants.

Michael J. Sheehan, for appellee.

Before SELYA, DYK, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

In this prisoner civil rights action, two correctional officers and the superintendent of a county jail appeal from a jury verdict in favor of a pretrial detainee. The defendants variously complain that the plaintiff failed to present sufficient evidence to underpin his claims, that the trial court erred in instructing the jury, and that the court botched several evidentiary rulings. Many of these claims are forfeit and the rest are without merit...

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