U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Terry Eugene Sears v. Vernia Roberts
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- Type
- Opinion of the Court
- Filed
- April 24, 2019
- Case
- Terry Eugene Sears v. Vernia Roberts
- Case status
- Decided
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ED CARNES, Chief Judge: Terry Eugene Sears is a Florida inmate who claims that three correctional officers physically assaulted him and that one of them sprayed a chemical agent on him for 16 minutes after he was handcuffed and compliant. He also claims that three supervisory officers watched the attack without doing anything to intervene. This is Sears' appeal from the district court's grant of summary judgment to the…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Not attributed | April 24, 2019 |
| Concurrence | Not attributed | April 24, 2019 |