Legal Opinion
Sidney Jones v. Counselor Hamelman, Sgt. Hampton, Officer Likens, and Officer Swain
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 22, 1989No. 87-2378PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Sidney Jones is an inmate in the Indiana State Reformatory at Pendleton, Indiana, serving a 20-year sentence for attempted robbery. Jones filed a complaint against a number of prison officials and employees under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging they failed to protect him from an assault by other inmates. The parties consented to a bench trial before a United States magistrate, and the magistrate dismissed the petitioner’s complaint on the merits after trial. Jones appeals, and we affirm. 1
I. FACTS AND TESTIMONY
Jones was incarcerated at the Indiana State Reformatory on January…
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