Legal Opinion
Thomas Powers v. Donald Snyder
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 3, 2007No. 04-1961PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The district judge dismissed this prisoner’s civil rights suit (42 U.S.C. § 1983) for failure to state a claim. Except with respect to the following rulings, we agree with the district judge’s reasoning and conclusions.
Concerning the plaintiffs claim that he was “forc[ed] to work in inhumane condition[s] by [being forced] to have hepatitis shots; knowing and exposing the plaintiff to conditions where [the warden] knows hepatitis exists,” the district judge said only that “the plaintiffs allegations do not rise to a constitutional violation.” The problem with the…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Helling v. McKinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Alston v. ParkerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
- Northern Indiana Gun & Outdoor Shows, Inc. v. City of South Bend, Stephen Leucke, Brian R. Hedman, and Karl KingCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- Tate v. SCR Medical TransportationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015
- Calvin Thomas v. State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
- Dobbey v. Illinois Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
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