Legal Opinion
Richard Murphy v. Richard E. Walker
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 4, 1995No. 94-1820PublishedCited by 265 opinions
1Per curiam
Richard Murphy filed a pro se complaint against Mason and Tazwell County officials and officers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging violations of his constitutional rights during his pretrial detention at the Mason County Jail and Tazwell County Jail. The alleged deprivations began on November 9, 1992, when Keith Grant, a Mason County corrections officer, accidentally closed a chuck hole door on Murphy’s hand, fracturing his fourth and fifth metacarpals. 1 After this incident, Murphy claims that Mason County officials provided him with inadequate medical care. He further states that Mason County…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Catlin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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