Legal Opinion
Williams v. Wahner
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 1, 2013No. 12-1886PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The complaint in this pro se prisoner’s civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleges that the defendants, two officials of an Illinois jail, willfully failed to prevent other inmates from assaulting the plaintiff. In accordance with what appears to be a common practice in the Central District of Illinois, remarked by us in Budd v. Motley, 711 F.3d 840, 841-42 (7th Cir.2013); Smith v. Knox County Jail, 666 F.3d 1037, 1039 (7th Cir.2012); Riley v. Kolitwenzew, 2013 WL 1286646, at *1-2 (7th Cir. Apr. 1, 2013); Myrick v. Anglin, 496 Fed.Appx. 670, 672, 674 (7th Cir.2012);…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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- Nasious v. Two Unknown B.I.C.E. AgentsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2007
- Anthony N. Smith v. Knox County JailCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
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