Legal Opinion
Eugene Langston v. Howard Peters, Iii, Keith Cooper, Dwayne A. Clark, Lt. Ernest Clark, Gilberto Romero, Jr., and Lt. Lonnie Austin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 4, 1996No. 95-3099PublishedCited by 204 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Eugene Langston was placed in protective custody after giving prison authorities information about a murder he witnessed while serving his own murder sentence at State-ville prison. Over four years later, while serving time at Joliet, Langston was placed in segregation as punishment for assaulting a correctional officer. Although Langston was in segregation, another inmate who was also serving a murder sentence was assigned to share his cell. The newly-assigned cellmate raped Langston. Langston sued numerous prison employees under § 1983 claiming they violated his Eighth…
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