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Blount v. Echols

United States District Court, W.D. Arkansas, Fayetteville Division
Sep 24, 2008
Civil No. 07-5046 (W.D. Ark. Sep. 24, 2008)

Summary

finding no excessive force when officers pushed plaintiff against the walled and pinned his head against the wall

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Opinion

Civil No. 07-5046.

September 24, 2008


ORDER


Now on this 24th day of September, 2008, comes on for consideration the Report and Recommendation issued by the Honorable James Marschewski, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, (Doc. 22), to which there are no objections. The Court, being well and sufficiently advised, finds that the Report And Recommendation is sound in all respects, and should be adopted in its entirety.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that defendants' motion for summary judgment (document #14) should be granted in part and denied in part as follows:

* the motion is granted with respect to the plaintiff's excessive force and retaliation claims; and

* the motion is denied with respect to the plaintiff's claim that his religious rights under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment were violated.

IT IS SO ORDERED.


Summaries of

Blount v. Echols

United States District Court, W.D. Arkansas, Fayetteville Division
Sep 24, 2008
Civil No. 07-5046 (W.D. Ark. Sep. 24, 2008)

finding no excessive force when officers pushed plaintiff against the walled and pinned his head against the wall

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finding no excessive force where pretrial detainee pinned against wall for repeatedly refusing to comply with staff order to move to back of cell

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In Blount v. Echols, CIVIL 07-5046, 2008 WL 4368936, at *8 (W.D. Ark. Sept. 24, 2008), officers twisted the plaintiff's arm and pushed him face-forward into a wall, pinning his head against the wall and placing a knee in his back, after he refused to comply with an order to enter his cell.

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Case details for

Blount v. Echols

Case Details

Full title:CHRISTOPHER DON BLOUNT PLAINTIFF v. SGT. ECHOLS; PVT. CARLTON; LT. CARTER…

Court:United States District Court, W.D. Arkansas, Fayetteville Division

Date published: Sep 24, 2008

Citations

Civil No. 07-5046 (W.D. Ark. Sep. 24, 2008)

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