Legal Opinion
Giles v. Tobeck
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 10, 2018No. 17-1707PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Per curiam
*512Jon Giles, an inmate at Jerome Combs Detention Center, was punched and bitten when he tried to protect his cellmate from a violent detainee's assault. Giles sued several correctional officers, asserting that they failed to protect him from the attack in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The district court entered summary judgment for the defendants. Because a reasonable jury would be required to find from the undisputed evidence that the officers were not reckless, and that they responded reasonably both to the risk of an attack and the actual attack, we affirm the judgment.
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