Legal Opinion
William Chavis v. Charles J. Rowe, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 11, 1981No. 78-1889PublishedCited by 180 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff William Chavis, an inmate at the Menard Correctional Center, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking monetary damages, injunctive and declaratory relief against certain officials of the Illinois Department of Corrections who allegedly violated his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The district court dismissed his complaint for failure to state a claim. Because we find that plaintiff stated both an Eighth Amendment claim and a Fourteenth Amendment due process claim, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.
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The facts alleged in plaintiff’s…
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