Meija v. Cook County, Ill.

Plaintiff was entitled to reconsideration of his motion for new trial after jury found in favor of defendants-prison officials in section 1983 action alleging that defendants used excessive force during incident in which defendants claimed that plaintiff-prisoner had disobeyed their Order. Dist. Ct. used wrong legal standard when finding that although weight of evidence tended to favor plaintiff, it could not grant said motion where defendants' proffered testimonies were not such that reasonable persons could not believe them because they contradicted indisputable physical facts of laws. On remand, Dist. Ct. may grant plaintiff's motion if it believes that jury's verdict was merely against manifest weight of evidence.