Legal Opinion
Kinney v. Indiana Youth Center
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 9, 1991No. 91-1473PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
This is a civil rights action brought by Gregory Neal Kinney, an eighteen-year old inmate who was shot while trying to escape from an Indiana correctional facility where he was confined for a six-year term on charges of escape and car theft. Kinney claimed excessive force was used in thwarting his escape and sued the officer who shot him as well as seven supervisory officials. The district court concluded that *464halting his escape by shooting did not violate the eighth amendment and entered summary judgment for the prison officials. Kinney appeals.
On June 2, 1988, Kinney…
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