Legal Opinion
Malone v. Corrections Corp. of America
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 21, 2009No. 07-3640PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
After being convicted in Wisconsin, Norman Malone was sent to Oklahoma to serve his sentence in a prison run by Corrections Corp. of America, which housed some of Wisconsin’s surplus prisoners. Malone was injured by the guards during a disturbance started by other prisoners in April 2003. He says that the guards used gas and bodily force — unnecessarily, he maintains, because they knew that he was not among the troublemakers. He filed this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the corporation (rather than any of the guards), in Wisconsin, a little more than four years…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Wallace v. KatoSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Wilson v. GarciaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Van Dusen v. BarrackSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by36 opinions
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