Legal Opinion
Alex Pearson v. Anthony Ramos
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 22, 2001No. 98-4110PublishedCited by 159 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, a state prisoner, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the superintendent of the disciplinary-segregation unit of the prison, seeking damages for harm that the plaintiff claimed to have suffered as a result of being denied access to the prison yard for exercise for an entire year. A jury awarded the plaintiff $15,000 in compensatory damages and $50,000 in punitive damages; the judge cut the punitive damages to $15,000 and entered judgment for the plaintiff, precipitating this appeal.
Prisoners in the segregation unit are confined to their cells,…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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