United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit alleging that plaintiff was denied procedural due process when he was transferred to a mental health facility and forced to take psychotropic medications, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff's arguments that he had exhausted his administrative remedies were not supported by admissible evidence; 2) plaintiff waived his argument that his failure to exhaust should be excused because he was not afforded access to legal materials; and 3) despite the fact that the district court analyzed his motion to reconsider under the wrong rule, plaintiff still would not prevail under the correct rule.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/22/2008
• Published 02/22/2008

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Andrew M. Obriecht, Plymouth, WI, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jody J. Schmelzer, J.B. Van Hollen, Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.