Legal Opinion
Leon Bates v. J.W. Jean
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 12, 1984No. 82-3089PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Pro se plaintiff, Leon Bates, brought this suit under the Fifth and Eighth Amendments against four federal correctional officers alleging that he was beaten by them before boarding a bus to take him from the Federal Correctional Institution at Oxford, Wisconsin, to the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. The jury, in answer to two special verdict questions, found that one of the defendants, James Jean, had intentionally violated the plaintiff’s constitutional rights, but concluded that Jean had acted in good faith. The district court entered judgment for…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Hughes v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Butz v. EconomouSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Davis v. SchererSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by65 opinions
- Delores Simmons, Administratrix of the Estate of Daniel La Friscoe Simmons v. The City of Philadelphia Police Officer A. Panati, Badge No. 2587Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
- George Rakovich v. Gregory Wade and Darryl Drake, George Rakovich v. Chester KassCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Larry Whitford v. Captain BoglinoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Larry T. Wilson, Cross-Appellant v. Thomas L. Beebe, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- Lawrence D. Caldwell v. Harold G. Miller, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
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