Legal Opinion
Steven Hughes v. Joliet Correctional Center, Dr. Stanley Harper, and Jeannie Koehler
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 18, 1991No. 89-1629PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns the outer bounds of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments, the use of summary judgment, and the standards for requesting counsel to assist indigents in civil cases. The plaintiff, Steven Hughes, is an inmate in an Illinois state prison. The defendants are the prison, and a doctor and a nurse on the prison’s staff. The prison is insulated from suit by the Eleventh Amendment, Santiago v. Lane, 894 F.2d 218, 220 n. 3 (7th Cir.1990), so was properly dismissed. The judge, after refusing to request counsel to assist…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Junior Ray Duckworth, Cross-Appellants v. Gayle Franzen, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Arthur Lewis v. Gordon H. FaulknerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Nathaniel Williams v. Leon J. Vincent, Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by125 opinions
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- Marina Zarnes v. Randall Rhodes, Sergeant 402, Officer of the Sheriff's Department, Don M. Lamb, U.S. Marshal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
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