Legal Opinion
Glen Delaney v. George Detella, Glenn Malone, Christopher Hughes, Eugene McAdory Clarence Wright, Donald Burns, and David Walker
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 9, 2001No. 00-4145PublishedCited by 179 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Glen Delaney, an inmate at Stateville Correctional Center in Illinois, filed this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging an Eighth Amendment violation for being denied all out-of-cell exercise opportunities for 6 months. The defendants, six guards and the prison warden, filed a motion for summary judgment asserting a qualified immunity defense. District Judge David H. Coar denied the motion and the defendants appeal.
In January 1995, Delaney was placed in Stateville’s segregation unit. While in segregation, he was allowed 5 hours of out-of-cell exercise time (yard…
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