Jeffrey Kemezy v. James Peters

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1996-03-05

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POSNER, Chief Judge. Jeffrey Kemezy sued a Muncie, Indiana policeman named James Peters under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , claiming that Peters had wantonly beaten him with the officer’s nightstick in an altercation in a bowling alley where Peters was moonlighting as a security guard. The jury awarded Kemezy $10,000 in compensatory damages and $20,000…

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