Davidson v. Flynn

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1994-08-02

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JON 0. NEWMAN, Chief Judge: The primary question in this case, dismissed at the pleading stage, is the sufficiency under the Eighth Amendment of an allegation that correctional officers, who needed to handcuff an inmate being transported to another prison, deliberately applied the handcuffs too tightly in retaliation for his litigiousness. Ronald Davidson appeals from the July 29, 1993, judgment of the District Court for the N…

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