Legal Opinion
Joe Woods v. James H. Thieret and Dennis Hasemeyer
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 15, 1993No. 92-2820PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Inmate Joe Woods sued prison officials at the Menard Correctional Center under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the officials violated the Eighth Amendment by not feeding him when he was deadlocked in his cell between June 27 and June 29, 1986. A jury found for the defendants. Woods then moved for judgment as a matter of law under Fed.R.Civ.P. 50(b), arguing that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict but the court denied that motion. He then moved for a new trial under Fed.R.Civ.P. 59(a) on the ground that the appearance of his witnesses in prison garb and…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- United States v. Robert L. SamuelCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Stephen F. Ellender, Jim Swope, Roger Dale Collins, and Jim Bourgeois, United States of America v. Carl TangrediCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by70 opinions
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