United States Seventh Circuit

In a section 1983 action, a judgment as a matter of law against plaintiff-inmate's suit is reversed where allowing a prisoner with a weapons conviction to live in the dormitory with plaintiff is sufficient to demonstrate deliberate indifference under the Eighth Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/28/2004
• Decided 12/14/2004
• Published 12/14/2004

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lauren Frank Noll (argued), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David L. Steiner (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.