Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit March 5, 1996, 95-1860, 95-1904, and 95-2121 (Jeffrey Kemezy v. James Peters)

POSNER, Chief Judge.

Jeffrey Kemezy sued a Muncie, Indiana policeman named James Peters under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that Peters had wantonly beaten him with the officer’s nightstick in an altercation in a bowling alley where Peters was moonlighting as a security guard. The jury awarded Kemezy $10,000 in compensatory damages and $20,000 in punitive damages.