United States Seventh Circuit

A prisoner's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim, alleging Eighth Amendment violations through failure to protect him and refusal to provide medical care, was not actionable where log books did not create a material dispute as to knowledge of plaintiff's plight, and deliberate indifference was not established.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/15/2002
• Decided 12/27/2002
• Published 12/27/2002

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Todd G. Smith (argued), Lafollette, Godfrey & Kahn, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Patrick S. Smith (argued), William B. Oberts, Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.