Evicci v. Baker.U.S. District Court EXCESSIVE FORCE Evicci v. Baker, 190 F.Supp.2d 233 (D.Mass. 2002). A prisoner brought federal civil rights and state tort tort, in law, the violation of some duty clearly set by law, not by a specific agreement between two parties, as in breach of contract. When such a duty is breached, the injured party has the right to institute suit for compensatory damages. actions against corrections officials alleging that he was subjected to excessive force in violation VIOLATION. An act done unlawfully and with force. In the English stat. of 25 E. III., st. 5, c. 2, it is declared to be high treason in any person who shall violate the king's companion; and it is equally high treason in her to suffer willingly such violation. of the Eighth Amendment, and that he was denied medical care. The district court denied summary judgment for the defendants on the excessive force claims because the prisoner alleged that three officers and others engaged in a joint venture to beat him and that other officers refused to document his injuries. The court granted summary judgment in favor of upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of. See also: favor the defendants on the medical care claims, noting that the prisoner received 16 sick call examinations during the three months following his alleged assault. The court also found that the prisoner's allegations that officials interfered with his right to petition The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. the government through his legal mail could not be supported in light of the nine suits the prisoner had filed in the previous three years. (Southeastern Correctional Center, Bridgewater, Massachusetts Bridgewater is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 28 miles (43 km) south of Boston. At the 2000 Census, the population was 25,185. For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Bridgewater, please see the article Bridgewater (CDP), ) |
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