MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER
JOSEPH R. GOODWIN, Chief Judge.
Mr. Sawyer's case was brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He claimed that Deputy Asbury violated his due process right to be free from excessive force while being held as a pretrial detainee. The jury found for the defendant.
As I write this, I recall the trial of the officers involved in the Rodney King beating twenty years ago. There, the jury acquitted officers in the face of...
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