When a prison officer is accused of excessive force, what is the standard of inquiry?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Martinez v. Davey, CASE No. 1:16-cv-1658-MJS (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2017):
When prison officials stand accused of using excessive force, the core judicial inquiry is "... whether force was applied in a good-faith effort to maintain or restore discipline, or maliciously and sadistically to cause harm." Hudson v. McMillian, 503 U.S.
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