Legal Opinion

Yeadon v. Lappin

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided May 24, 2011No. 10-3744PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

Roger Yeadon, a federal prisoner, appeals the grant of summary judgment against him under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619(1971). He maintains that prison officials failed to protect him adequately from fellow inmates, who he says targeted him because he cooperated with the government. Because the appellant failed to show that the officials violated his constitutional rights, we affirm.

For our review, we construe the record evidence in Yeadon’s favor. See Grigsby v. LaHood, 628 F.3d 354, 358 (7th Cir.2010). In…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  2. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Sandin v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  4. Wilkinson v. DotsonSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  5. Grieveson v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008

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