Raul Jose Valencia v. Garry D. Wiggins

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1993-01-18

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WIENER, Circuit Judge: This appeal results from a pretrial detainee’s civil rights suit against a county jailer. The district court found that the jail official used force greatly in excess of that which was reasonable under the circumstances. The court also found that the official acted maliciously toward the pretrial detainee with the intention to punish him, and that qualif…

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