Legal Opinion
Smith v. Peters
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 19, 2011No. 10-1013PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Anthony Smith, an Indiana state prisoner, filed this civil rights suit which charges that prison employees had violated the Eighth Amendment by forcing him to work at hard labor in dangerous conditions, and had violated the First Amendment by penalizing him for questioning the propriety of the work assignment and preparing to sue. He seeks damages. He also seeks injunctive relief, but that claim is moot because he’s been moved to a different prison. The district court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim.
Smith was assigned to uproot tree stumps. Workers…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Knight v. WisemanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
- Harris v. GarnerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
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