United States Seventh Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff-inmates' claim of constitutional violations related to their confinement, for failure to state a claim, is reversed where the district judge misunderstood plaintiffs' claim, which has enough merit to withstand a motion to dismiss.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/30/2004
• Decided 02/01/2005
• Published 02/01/2005

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, POSNER, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas G. Morrissey (argued), Chicago, IL, Robert H. Farley, Jr., for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen R. Swofford, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, IL, Richard A. Devine, Office of the Cook County State Attorney, Steven M. Puiszis (argued), Chicago, IL, Defendant-Appellee