Legal Opinion
Leonte Williams v. Vipin Shah
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 12, 2019No. 18-2439PublishedCited by 169 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Rovner, Circuit Judge.
*478 Leonte Williams, an inmate in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections, sued a number of prison officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , alleging that they violated his Eighth Amendment rights by providing inadequate nutrition through a "brunch" program that served only two meals a day. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. Because the record establishes without dispute that the brunch program was adequate as designed and also because Williams lacks evidence that any of the defendants knew that he was allegedly not receiving…
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