United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit by a deputy who was shot while guarding a courtroom, judgment on the pleadings for defendants is affirmed where disregarding a known risk to a public employee does not violate the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/15/2007
• Decided 03/13/2007
• Published 03/14/2007

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Walter F. Kelly (argued), Milwaukee, WI, Steven H. Steinglass, Cleveland Heights, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Andrew A. Jones, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek, Michele M. Ford (argued), Crivello, Carlson & Mentkowski, Emile H. Banks, Jr., Banks & Associates, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.