John C. Babcock v. R.L. White and G. McDaniel

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

John Babcock is living proof of the dangers that prison gangs pose to inmates, and of the logistical nightmare they create for prison administrators. Serving a thirty-five-year sentence at the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, Babcock was stabbed seven times in an attack by members of a gang known as the Mexican Mafia. Following this assault, Babcock was transferred to the United States Penitentiary at Terre Haute, Indiana (“USP-Terre Haute”)—a facility supposedly free of Mexican Mafia members. Upon his arrival, however, Babcock became afraid for his life…