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FOSTER v. McGRAIL

Civ. A. No. 91-13282-REK.

844 F.Supp. 16 (1994)

Michael FOSTER, Plaintiff, v. Francis McGRAIL and John Lopes, Defendants. Francis McGRAIL, Counterclaimant, v. Michael FOSTER, Counterdefendant.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

January 25, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold I. Resnic, Steven D. Resnic, Springfield, MA, for plaintiff.

Stephen G. Dietrick, Mass. Dept. of Corrections, Boston, MA, for defendants.

OPINION

KEETON, District Judge.

I.

This case arises principally from an incident of June 11, 1991 during which a correctional officer used "excessive force" against an inmate of an exceptionally secure cell block of the most secure correctional institution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

"Excessive force" is used throughout this Opinion strictly in the sense that the force used "was more...

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