United States Seventh Circuit

Eighth Amendment claims for unsafe conditions of confinement at a correctional facility fail, where prison officials did not know of the presence of electrical wires in a shower, and had no information concerning any risk of harm.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/22/2002
• Decided 08/21/2002
• Published 08/21/2002

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, KANNE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Barbara J. Clinite (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mary E. Welsh (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.