BRS Obtains Plaintiff's Verdict in Prisoner Abuse Case
June 29, 2009Following a three-day jury trial in a prisoner abuse case, Alex Roberts, Tim Cleveland, and Tom McDade obtained a favorable plaintiff’s verdict in federal district court in Houston. On June 17, 2009, the jury found that the defendant, a former sergeant for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, maliciously beat the firm’s client, an inmate with the State of Texas in violation of his civil rights. Roberts and Cleveland were appointed to try the case pro bono by U.S. District Court Judge Gray H. Miller. The defendant was represented by the Attorney General’s Office for the State of Texas.