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BOESING v. SPIESS

No. 07-2499.

540 F.3d 886 (2008)

Craig BOESING, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Lt. Joe SPIESS, Defendant/Appellant Julius K. Hunter; Vincent Bommarito; Joann Freeman Morrow; Chris Goodson; Francis G. Slay, Defendants, John Doe, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 29, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bart Matanic, AAG, argued, Jefferson City, MO (Michael Pritchett, AAG, on the brief), for appellant.

Teresa Michelle Young, argued, St. Louis, MO (Robert S. Rosenthal & Rebecca S. Verble, on the brief), for appellee.

Craig Boesing, Fernadina Beach, FL, pro se.

Before RILEY, GRUENDER, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.

Craig Boesing, a Missouri prisoner, brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action against Lieutenant Joe Spiess and other St. Louis police officers for using excessive force during Boesing's arrest. At trial, a jury found Spiess liable for Boesing's injuries and awarded him $5,000 in compensatory damages and $20,000 in punitive damages. The district court1 denied Spiess's motion for a new trial and awarded...

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