Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Morrison
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 26, 2016No. 14-3781PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, Circuit Judge
Leroy Anderson, an Illinois prisoner, alleges that he fell and was knocked unconscious after guards at Stateville Correctional Center ordered him to walk handcuffed down stairs covered with milk and garbage. In his complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Anderson claims that the guards violated the Eighth Amendment by subjecting him to this hazard. The district court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss, ruling that slippery stairs do not pose a sufficiently serious risk of harm to state a claim under the Eighth Amendment. Because Anderson faced not only stairs slicked with milk, but also…
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