Palay, Simeon v. United States

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________ No. 01-1112 SIMEON PALAY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant-Appellee. ____________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 99 C 8169—James B. Moran, Judge. ____________ ARGUED NOVEMBER 8, 2002—DECIDED NOVEMBER 12, 2003 ____________ Before POSNER, ROVNER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges. ROVNER, Circuit Judge. Simeon Palay, a federal pris- oner, sustained injuries when a fight broke out among fellow inmates belonging to rival gangs…