United States Seventh Circuit

Denial of summary judgment in favor of two defendants in a prisoner suit alleging violation of the Eighth Amendment is reversed where there was no evidence that a prison doctor and prison employee acted with the "culpable state of mind" required for a finding of deliberate indifference to serious medical needs.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/28/2005
• Decided 03/03/2006
• Published 03/03/2006

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jan Michelsen (argued), Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Edward Himmelfarb (argued), Department of Justice Civil Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellants.