Legal Opinion
Gutierrez v. Peters
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 23, 1997No. 93-2366PublishedCited by 861 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Carlos Gutierrez brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, complaining that the allegedly inadequate medical care he received for an infected cyst while imprisoned at the Dan-ville Correctional Center rose to the level of cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. The district court granted defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings and denied a like motion submitted by Gutierrez.1 For the reasons that *1366follow, the judgment of the district court is affirmed.
I. BACKGROUND
The district court dismissed Gutierrez’ claims on the pleadings; therefore, this…
2Cases cited51 opinions
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- Wilson v. SeiterSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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