Legal Opinion
Lorenzo Wheeler v. Officer Sims, Captain Staley and S. Jordan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 8, 1992No. 90-1714PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
On June 7, 1984, Lorenzo Wheeler, a Pontiac Corrections Center inmate, filed a pro se complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court construed the complaint as alleging: 1) that the defendants Staley and Jordan violated Wheeler’s due process rights in refusing to consider the written statement he presented at the Adjustment Committee hearing; and 2) that the defendants Sims and Dean violated his Eighth Amendment right to be free of cruel and unusual punishment when they allegedly beat him, resulting in his allegedly being permanently paralyzed from the waist…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by46 opinions
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