SAWYER v. ASBURY

Civil Action No. 6:10-cv-01256.

861 F.Supp.2d 737 (2012)

Brian SAWYER, Plaintiff, v. Jim R. ASBURY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. West Virginia, Parkersburg Division.

May 18, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Bryan , Martha J. Fleshman , John H. Bryan , Attorneys at Law, Union, WV, for Plaintiff.

Katie L. Hicklin , Wendy E. Greve , Pullin Fowler Flanagan Brown & Poe, Charleston, WV, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER

JOSEPH R. GOODWIN, Chief Judge.

Mr. Sawyer's case was brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He claimed that Deputy Asbury violated his due process right to be free from excessive force while being held as a pretrial detainee. The jury found for the defendant.

As I write this, I recall the trial of the officers involved in the Rodney King beating twenty years ago. There, the jury acquitted officers in the face of...

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