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SIMMS EX REL. SIMMS v. HARDESTY

No. CIV. AMD 02-3506.

303 F.Supp.2d 656 (2003)

Byron B. SIMMS, as Guardian and Next Friend of Christopher Byron SIMMS, Plaintiff v. Janice HARDESTY, et al., Defendants

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

August 27, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Francis Maloney, Steven B. Vinick, Joseph, Greenwald and Laake PA, Greenbelt, MD, for Plaintiff.

Kevin Bock Karpinski, Allen, Karpinski, Bryant and Karp PA, Baltimore, MD, Rhonda Lee Weaver, Office of Law for Prince George's County, Upper Marlboro, MD, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

DAVIS, District Judge.

This is a case of profound irony. Ostensibly to "protect" Christopher Simms, a 28-year-old pre-trial detainee known to have suffered a behavior-altering brain injury years earlier, from injuring himself, a team of three correctional officers entered Simms's cell at the Prince George's County, Maryland, Detention Center in September 1998. At the time of the officers' entry into the cell, Simms was lying on his back...

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