United States Seventh Circuit

Former psychiatric inmate's civil rights suit alleging that he was wrongfully administered psychotropic medication against his will warranted summary judgment where patient was given two levels of review to "argue capably" that forced medication was unnecessary.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/25/2000
• Decided 01/10/2001
• Published 01/10/2001

Judges

• COFFEY, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Terri L. Bruksch (argued), Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis, IN, James E. Fuller, Dixon, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Brian F. Barov (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.