Edwards, Tremayne v. Haines, Tim et al

Filing 63

ORDER denying 55 Motion for Reconsideration. Signed by District Judge James D. Peterson on 1/9/2018. (jef),(ps)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN

TREMAYNE EDWARDS,
Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER
16-cv-317-jdp

BRADLEY GILARDI,
Defendant.

Pro se plaintiff Tremayne Edwards, a prisoner at the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility,
brings this lawsuit alleging that he was verbally sexually harassed during a urinalysis at which
he was forced to disrobe. In a November 13, 2017, order, I dismissed against defendant
Warden Tim Haines from the case but denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment as
to Edwards’s claim against defendant Bradley Gilardi, one of the correctional officers who
conducted the urinalysis. Trial is set for February 5, 2018.
Edwards has filed a motion for reconsideration of the summary judgment order,
contending that because Gilardi does not remember the specific incident at issue, he cannot
dispute Edwards’s version. But as I stated in the summary judgment order, Gilardi stated that
he would never make the harassing comments attributed to him, and he that he was trained to
respect inmates and act with professionalism. From these facts, a jury could draw reasonable
inferences that Gilardi would not have done what Edwards says he did, and that his failure to
remember the specific events was in part because they were run-of-the-mill and proper as
opposed to Edwards’s version. A jury could believe Edwards over Gilardi, but Gilardi has also
presented evidence that could lead the jury to believe his version. Therefore a trial is necessary,
and I will deny Edwards’s motion for reconsideration.

ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff Tremayne Edwards’s motion for reconsideration,
Dkt. 55, is DENIED.
Entered January 9, 2018.
BY THE COURT:
/s/
________________________________________
JAMES D. PETERSON
District Judge

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