Russo v. Palmer

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ALESIA, District Judge.

This cause is before the Court on defendants’ motion for summary judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56.

The motion is granted in part and denied in part.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Martin Russo is an inmate incarcerated at the Joliet Correctional Center. On March 10, 1997, Russo filed a grievance with Correctional Counselor Linwood Johnson complaining of an attack. The attack allegedly left Russo unconscious, with stitches near his right eye and upper lip, possibly a broken nose and tailbone, and bruises and lacerations throughout…