Legal Opinion
Albert Garza v. J.D. Henderson, S.R. Witkowski, George Wilkinson, R.M. Carey, and J.J. Clark
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 17, 1985No. 85-1167PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Albert Garza, an inmate at the Federal Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois, appeals the district court’s decision granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants and dismissing his civil rights action. We affirm.
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The record reveals that the plaintiff escaped from the United States Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois on February 14, 1979 and was captured three days later on February 17, 1979 following a gun battle. Al though the Sheriff of Johnson County, Illinois, was struck by a bullet, he escaped serious injury since the bullet hit his flak jacket; the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Parklane Hosiery Co. v. ShoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois FoundationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. MendozaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Barbara Conner v. Rudy G. ReinhardCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- John Stanley Campbell v. H.G. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Willie Williams, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Michael P. Lane, Director of the Illinois Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Headley v. BaconCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- Daigle v. City of PortsmouthSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1987
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