Blanck v. Cohn
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Dean Blanck sued 29 defendants at three different prisons under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for a bevy of constitutional violations; his claims included allegations that the defendants deprived him of access to medical care, a law library, and the courts, and fired him from his prison jobs in retaliation for asserting his constitutional rights. He asked the district court to appoint counsel to represent him, but the court denied his request. Later the court granted summary judgment to the defendants on all of Blanck’s claims because he failed to identify any evidence that supported his allegations.…
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