Opinion
2:21-cv-58-DPM
03-04-2024
DANNY LEE HOOPER ADC #107609 PLAINTIFF v. ROOSEVELT BARDEN, Captain Shift Supervisor, EARU DEFENDANT
JUDGMENT
D.P. Marshall Jr. United States District Judge
1. Danny Hooper is an inmate at the Arkansas Division of Correction. He claimed that Roosevelt Barden, and ADC employee, used excessive force against him on 20 April 2019 in violation of Hooper's Eighth Amendment rights. Hooper sued Barden under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. One claim survived summary judgment: Hooper's individual-capacity claim about Barden's use of force in the isolation cell. The parties tried this claim to a twelve-person jury in Helena, starting on 28 February 2024 and ending on 1 March 2024. After hearing all the evidence, this Court's instructions, and the parties' arguments, the jury deliberated and returned its verdict. That verdict is attached and incorporated.
2. The Court enters Judgment on the jury's verdict for Roosevelt Barden. Hooper's complaint is dismissed with prejudice.