Legal Opinion
Michael A. King v. One Unknown Federal Correctional Officer
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 10, 2000No. 98-4098PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
In December 1992, Michael King (“King”), an inmate at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, was assaulted and injured by other inmates in a prison stabbing. In October 1994, King filed a Bivens action against “one unknown federal correctional officer,” alleging a violation of his Eighth Amendment rights stemming from the unknown officer’s failure both to prevent the attack and to aid King during the attack. See Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971).
King was unable to identify the allegedly culpable correctional…
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