District Court, S.D. New York April 10, 2002, 01 CIV. 7277(WK) (Perez v. Blot)

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OPINION & ORDER

KNAPP, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff Jerry Perez (“Plaintiff’) is currently an inmate at the Auburn Correctional Facility. Plaintiff brought this excessive force action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 in order to recover damages for an alleged assault he suffered at the hands of three correctional officers, Defendants M. Blot (“Blot”), P. Frazier (“Frazier”), and J.