U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Terry Eugene Sears v. Vernia Roberts
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- Type
- Concurrence
- Filed
- April 24, 2019
- Case
- Terry Eugene Sears v. Vernia Roberts
- Case status
- Decided
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MARTIN, Circuit Judge, concurring: I concur entirely in the well-reasoned opinion of the majority. Mr. Sears's sworn allegations directly contradict the prison officials' version of the incident. Our legal system tasks juries with arriving at the truth from among conflicting accounts. Cases brought by inmates are no exception. Our Circuit departed from this allocation of factfinding responsibi…
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Other writings in this case
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| Opinion | Not attributed | April 24, 2019 |
| Opinion of the Court | Not attributed | April 24, 2019 |