Legal Opinion
James Lewis v. Angela McLean
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 21, 2017No. 16-1220PublishedCited by 204 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
James Lewis, a Wisconsin prisoner, claimed in this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that staff at the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility violated the Eighth Amendment by delaying medical attention for a painful back condition and then using excessive force when eventually taking him to the hospital. Lewis also claimed that two of the defendants, a nurse and a physician, committed malpractice under state law. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants on the constitutional claims and relinquished supplemental jurisdiction over the state-law claim, and…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Pearson v. CallahanSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by204 opinions
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- James Lewis v. Angela McLeanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2019
- Jacqueline Jones v. Arnold MathewsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2021
- James Hotchkiss v. A. DavidCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2017
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