Legal Opinion
Miller v. Dobier
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 11, 2011No. 10-1829PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Dale Miller is confined at an Illinois state institution, called Rushville, pursuant to the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act, 725 ILCS 207/1-99. In this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against officials of the institution who served on committees that disciplined him, Miller claims that the defendants denied him due process of law by failing to provide adequate procedural safeguards before disciplining him. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants.
The suit arises from two unrelated incidents. The first occurred in August 2007, when Miller was…
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