Legal Opinion
Rudolph v. Campbell, Jr. v. James Greer
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 19, 1987No. 86-2256PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Rudolph Campbell, an inmate at the Illinois state prison at Menard, appeals from a judgment for the Illinois prison officials and guards whom Campbell sued under section 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, now 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The suit charged them with having deprived Campbell of his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishments, a right granted federal prisoners by the Eighth Amendment and extended to state prisoners by interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment. By consent of the parties, the trial was conducted before a federal magistrate. Campbell and his…
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