SEARS v. ROBERTS

No. 15-15080.

922 F.3d 1199 (2019)

Terry Eugene SEARS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Vernia ROBERTS, F. Dexter, David Prince, Jeffrey Hart, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 24, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan R. Ference-Burke , Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, Ropes & Gray, LLP, WASHINGTON, DC, Erin Macgowan , Ropes & Gray, LLP, BOSTON, MA, Okeechobee CI Warden, Okeechobee CI — Inmate Trust Fund, OKEECHOBEE, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Terry Eugene Sears, Pro Se.

Edward Mark Wenger , Pam Bondi , Susan Adams Maher , Matthew F. Vitale , Attorney General's Office, TALLAHASSEE, FL, Eric M. Neiberger , Department of Elder Affairs, 4040, TALLAHASSEE, FL, for Defendant-Appellee EQUARDO RIVERO.

Pam Bondi , Susan Adams Maher , Matthew F. Vitale , Attorney General's Office, TALLAHASSEE, FL, Eric M. Neiberger , Department of Elder Affairs, 4040, TALLAHASSEE, FL, for Defendants-Appellees TINA ROBERTS and FNU ROSSER.

Caroline Johnson Levine , Kenneth Van Wilson , Office of the Attorney General, Civil Litigation, TAMPA, FL, Pam Bondi , Matthew F. Vitale , Attorney General's Office, TALLAHASSEE, FL, Eric M. Neiberger , Department of Elder Affairs, 4040, TALLAHASSEE, FL, for Defendant-Appellee VERNIA ROBERTS.

Caroline Johnson Levine , Kenneth Van Wilson , Office of the Attorney General, Civil Litigation, TAMPA, FL, Pam Bondi , Susan Adams Maher , Matthew F. Vitale , Attorney General's Office, TALLAHASSEE, FL, Eric M. Neiberger , Department of Elder Affairs, 4040, TALLAHASSEE, FL, for Defendant-Appellee F. DEXTER.

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, MARTIN, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


Terry Eugene Sears is a Florida inmate who claims that three correctional officers physically assaulted him and that one of them sprayed a chemical agent on him for 16 minutes after he was handcuffed and compliant. He also claims that three supervisory officers watched the attack...

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