United States Seventh Circuit

Grant of motion for judgment on partial findings in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 case surrounding a prisoner's claims that guards did not protect him from an inmate or give him medical care is affirmed where the judge did not err by adopting the recommendation of a magistrate, finding that the guards were not deliberately indifferent, or finding that the guards took the necessary steps to secure medical care.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/02/2004
• Decided 03/14/2006
• Published 03/14/2006

Judges

• COFFEY, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, RIPPLE and MANION, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Tara E. Thompson (argued), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• George P. Sherman (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.