United States Seventh Circuit

In an inmate action filed under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, alleging prison officials were deliberately indifferent to the risks caused by housing an armed gang population with non-gang members and periodically leaving them unsupervised, judgment to defendant is affirmed where there is no evidence showing that any of the defendants was deliberately indifferent to a known risk of substantial harm to plaintiff.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/07/2007
• Decided 09/02/2008
• Published 09/02/2008

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas C. Brandstrader (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Patrick S. Smith, Michael L. Gallagher (argued), Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.