United States Seventh Circuit

Defendant-County is not liable for the acts of a correctional officer where the conduct of orchestrating an attack of a pre-trial detainee was not the type of conduct that the officer was authorized to perform, nor was his conduct actuated by a purpose to serve his employer.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/13/2005
• Published 04/13/2005

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Bradley B. Wilson (argued), Gates, Wise & Schlosser, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Karen L. Kendall, Craig L. Unrath (argued), Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.