U.S. District Court: THREATS.

• Position: Prisoners and prisons - Brief Article

Warren v. Westchester County Jail, 106 F.Supp.2d 559 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). An inmate brought a [sections] 1983 action against a county jail, administrators and officers, alleging Eighth Amendment violations. The district granted summary judgment for the defendants, holding that a jail officer who fought with the inmate had not employed excessive force when he grabbed the inmate in a bear hug in a good faith effort to restore order, even though the inmate claimed that the officer took advantage...