United States Seventh Circuit

Prisoner's appeal to have his case remanded to district court for a hearing on whether the nature of his illness, contracted in prison, warrants a downward departure of his sentence, was denied, where he did not establish that the government caused the illness either through negligence or by design.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/30/2001
• Decided 02/15/2002
• Published 02/15/2002

Judges

• CUDAHY, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY, EASTERBROOK and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael C. Carr,J. Christopher Moore (argued), Office of the Atty. General, Benton, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Suzanne L. Hagopian, Jorge Castro (argued, Law Student), University of Wisconsin Law School, Mdison, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.