Case Name: William D. BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. George THOMPSON, in his individual capacity, Billy Ellerbee, in his individual capacity, Jesse Jenkins, in his individual capacity, Frank Prescott, in his individual capacity, Dr. Curtis Boehmer, in his individual capacity, et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-12-14
Citations: 159 F. App'x 119
Docket Number: No. 05-14042; D.C. Docket No. 03-14206-CV-DLG
Parties: William D. BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. George THOMPSON, in his individual capacity, Billy Ellerbee, in his individual capacity, Jesse Jenkins, in his individual capacity, Frank Prescott, in his individual capacity, Dr. Curtis Boehmer, in his individual capacity, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before MARCUS, WILSON and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 159
Pages: 119–120

Head Matter:
William D. BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. George THOMPSON, in his individual capacity, Billy Ellerbee, in his individual capacity, Jesse Jenkins, in his individual capacity, Frank Prescott, in his individual capacity, Dr. Curtis Boehmer, in his individual capacity, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 05-14042
Non-Argument Calendar.
D.C. Docket No. 03-14206-CV-DLG.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Dec. 14, 2005.
Lisa White Shirley, Florida Institutional Legal Services Inc., Pensacola, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
George Thompson, Palm Bay, FL, pro se.
Billy Ellerbee, Okeechobee, FL, pro se.
Frank Prescott, Okeechobee, FL, pro se.
Before MARCUS, WILSON and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
William D. Brown, a Florida prisoner, appeals the dismissal of his complaint for failure to state a claim. Because Brown's complaint states a claim for a violation of the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, we reverse.
"A complaint should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt that Plaintiff can prove no set of facts that would entitle him to relief." Omar ex rel. Cannon v. Lindsey, 334 F.3d 1246, 1247 (11th Cir.2003). Brown's complaint alleges that several officers on the staff of the Okeechobee Correctional Institution, where Brown was incarcerated, used excessive force against him with malicious and sadistic intent to harm him. Brown alleges that the officers repeatedly stunned Brown with a stun gun to prod him to obey orders, although the officers knew that Brown was unable to comply with their orders. Because "under the Eighth Amendment, force is deemed legitimate in a custodial setting [only] as long as it is applied in a good faith effort to maintain or restore discipline [and not] maliciously and sadistically to cause harm[,]" Skrtich v. Thornton, 280 F.3d 1295, 1300 (11th Cir.2002) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted), Brown's allegations of malicious use of excessive force against him are sufficient to state a claim.
The dismissal of Brown's complaint for failure to state a claim is
REVERSED.