Legal Opinion
Rodger Thornton v. Donald N. Snyder, Jr., Director, James M. Schomig, Warden, and Captain Josh J. Shettleworth
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 3, 2005No. 04-1500PublishedCited by 153 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Rodger Thornton, an inmate in the Illinois Department of Corrections, filed a civil rights action alleging that prison officials violated his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. The district court granted summary judgment in the defendants’ favor on his cell conditions claims but allowed a claim concerning yard exercise privileges to continue. Thofnton raises two issues on appeal. First, he argues that summary judgment on his cell conditions claims was inappropriate, as he contends that he exhausted his administrative remedies. Because Thornton filed…
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