Legal Opinion
Clifton Thomas v. Willis Stalter and Robert Heath
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 30, 1994No. 92-1715PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns the alleged battery upon Clifton Thomas, an inmate at the Pontiac Correctional Center, by prison guard Robert Heath. Mr. Thomas brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Mr. Thomas claimed that his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment was violated when Officer Heath knocked loose his four bottom front teeth. The jury returned a verdict finding that a constitutional violation had occurred 1 but awarded no damages to Mr. Thomas. For the reasons that follow,, we reverse the decision of the district court to grant Officer…
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