U.S. appeals court: excessive force.

Fillmore v. Page, 358 F.3d 496 (7th Cir. 2004). A state prisoner at a maximum security prison brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that he was subjected to excessive force during, and after, his transfer to the prison's segregation unit. The district court granted summary judgment, judgment as a matter of law, and judgment upon a jury verdict in favor of the defendants. The prisoner appealed. The appeals court affirmed in part, reversed and remanded in part. The court held that the district court was required to make findings of fact about which, if any, of the named officers pressed the prisoner's face up against cell bars, whether the prisoner was really beaten upon his arrival at the cell, and if the beating occurred, which of the named officers was involved or present. (Menard Correctional Center, Illinois)