Legal Opinion
Sylvester E. Wynn v. Donna Southward
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 29, 2001No. 00-2271PublishedCited by 532 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
2Per curiam
Sylvester Wynn filed a complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Indiana Department of Corrections, the Indiana State Prison, and two corrections officials, alleging that his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when one of the officials deliberately misplaced his dentures and heart medication and a second official later tried to conceal the wrongdoing. The district court dismissed the complaint sua sponte for failure to state a Fourteenth Amendment claim on which relief could be granted, see 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, but did not consider whether Wynn’s allegations were…
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