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GILES v. RHODES

No. 94 CIV. 6385(CSH).

171 F.Supp.2d 220 (2001)

James GILES, Plaintiff, v. Marty RHODES, Correction Officer, and N. Kitchen, Correction Officer, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

April 26, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Louis Friesen, Cravath Swaine & Moore, New York City, for plaintiff.

Lisa R. Dell, Robert Abrams, Attorney General, New York City, Michael Oliver Hueston, Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney General, New York City, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HAIGHT, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking compensation for injuries he claims he sustained from the defendants' use of excessive force against him on July 23, 1991, while plaintiff was an inmate at Sing Sing prison. Following a jury verdict in the defendants' favor, plaintiff moves for judgment as a matter of law ("JMOL") pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 50(b) or, alternatively...

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