Watson v. Riggle.

• Position: Prisoner alleges correction officers of violation of his Eighth Amendment rights - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

RESTRAINTS

Watson v. Riggle, 315 F.Supp,2d 963 (N.D.Ind. 2004). A state prison inmate brought a pro se [section] 1983 Eighth Amendment action against corrections officers, alleging use of excessive force in connection with the removal of handcuffs. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the officers, finding that the officers who restrained the inmate's wrists in order to remove the handcuffs following the inmate's refusal to allow the removal, used reasonable force, given the inmate's...