Legal Opinion
Lea Duncan v. Jack Duckworth, Warden, and Ronald Freake, Hospital Administrator
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 13, 1981No. 79-2395PublishedCited by 153 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant, Lea Duncan, appeals from the dismissal of his pro se civil rights action seeking damages for the alleged cruel and unusual punishment he suffered as an inmate at Indiana State Prison. The defendants named in his suit are Jack Duckworth, the warden of the prison, and Ronald Freake, the prison hospital administrator. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of the district court as to Duckworth, but reverse as to Freake.
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Duncan filed his complaint on May 7, 1979. He alleges therein that on January 23, 1977, he fell and injured his wrist…
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