UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
For the Fifth Circuit
No. 95-40454
Summary Calendar
ROBERT LAMARR ALLEN,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
VERSUS
JAMES A. SHAW, JR., Senior Warden; STEVEN MOORE, Sergeant;
JASON W. ZORN, Correctional Officer,
Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court
For the Eastern District of Texas
(No. 6:94-CV-300)
February 2, 1996
Before REAVLEY, JOLLY and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Robert Lamarr Allen appeals from the district court's
dismissal of his pro se civil rights complaint. Allen contends
that defendants Zorn and Moore subjected him to an excessive use of
force and that defendant Shaw failed to take any corrective
measures to prevent the excessive-use-of-force incident. The
magistrate judge held an evidentiary hearing and found that Allen
*
Pursuant to Local Rule 47.5, the court has determined that
this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except
under the limited circumstances set forth in Local Rule 47.5.4.
initiated the use of force and that the officers responded with
limited and reasonable force. The credibility of Allen and his
three inmate witnesses was undermined by a video tape and by the
few complaints Allen made at the time to the prison nurse. We find
no reversible error.
AFFIRMED.
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