Brissette

Brissette v. Gomez

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42 F. App'x 1001
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 22, 2002No. 00-17136California314 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Thomas Floyd Brissette, Sr., a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court’s judgment, after a six-day jury trial, in favor of prison officials in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging excessive force and deliberate indifference to his safety in violation of the Eighth Amendment. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We affirm.

Where counsel fails to move for judgment as a matter of law at the close of all the evidence, “our inquiry is limited to whether there was any evidence to support the jury’s verdict, irrespective of its sufficiency, or whether plain error was committed which, if not noticed, would result in a manifest miscarriage of justice.” See Smith v. Sumner, 994 F.2d 1401, 1404 (9th Cir.1993) (emphasis in original, citations omitted). Contrary to Brissette’s contention that the district court overlooked the testimony of defendant Mittelbuscher, the jury properly exercised its responsibility to resolve any conflicts in the testimony, to weigh the evidence and the credibility of witnesses, and to draw reasonable inferences from all of the evidence. See Del Monte Dunes at Monterey, Ltd. v. City of Monterey, 95 F.3d 1422, 1435…

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