Goodvine v. Ankarlo

OPINION AND ORDER

WILLIAM M. CONLEY, District Judge.

Plaintiff Christopher Goodvine filed this lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of his constitutional rights while incarcerated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (“WDOC”) at the Columbia Correctional Institution (“CCI”) in Portage. He contends primarily that defendants failed to prevent him from engaging in acts of self-harm, usually (but not exclusively) by cutting himself with sharp objects, on four occasions in October 2011, as well as a fifth occasion in July 2012. Along with common law malpractice claims…