Legal Opinion
Chad J. Alvarado v. Jon E. Litscher, Secretary, Jane Gamble, B. McCreedy
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 28, 2001No. 00-3959PublishedCited by 313 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, JR., Circuit Judge.
Chad J. Alvarado filed a complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Jon E. Litscher, Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Jane Gamble, warden of Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution (“KMCI”), and B. McCreedy, health services manager at KMCI (collectively referred to as “the defendants”). The district court denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) and on the ground of qualified immunity. The defendants filed a timely appeal as to the qualified immunity issue only.
I. BACKGROUND
On October 10, 1999, Alvarado,…
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