Date: 05-16-2012

Case Style: Joshua T. Howard v. Terry and Clark

Case Number: 2:05-cv-00635-WEC

Judge: William E Callahan, Jr.

Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)

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Description: Joshua T. Howard sued Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clark, Jr. and one of his deputies on a civil rights violation theory claiming that he was injured while in the Sheriff's custody by the excessive use of force by a deputy while he was chained. He claimed that in 2004, while in the Milwaukee County Courthouse for a hearing on a theft by fraud charge, he ignored a deputy's instructions not to talk while being escorted, in chains, with other inmates. A deputy grabbed his arm, put him against a wall and reiterated the order.

Outcome: Defendants' verdict.

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