Legal Opinion
Brian Herron v. Douglas Meyer
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 25, 2016No. 15-1659PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
In this Bivens suit, Brian Herron, -a disabled federal .prisoner, accuses guard Douglas Meyer of transferring him to a cell that the guard knew was likely to cause him-injury. Meyer did this, Herron alleges, because he disliked the fact that Herron had filed grievances and had refused to share a cell with an- inmate who he thought endangered him. Herron maintains that Meyer violated the First and Eighth Amendments. The district court dismissed the First Amendment theory and held that the guard is entitled to qualified immunity on. the Eighth Amend-irient theory.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Hudson v. McMillianSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by23 opinions
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