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Seventh Circuit Upholds Rejection of Excessive Force Claim

On August 28, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a jury’s verdict rejecting a prisoner’s claim of excessive force.

Oscar Cruz, a prisoner at Pendleton Correctional Facility, alleged that John Safford, a guard at Pendleton, had reached into his cell and choked him in violation ...

 

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