Legal Opinion
Edward Pavlick v. Jimmy Mifflin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 18, 1996No. 95-2901PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
While Edward Pavlick was an inmate at the Menard Correctional Center, he arranged a meeting between a prison guard, Lieutenant Spiller, and another inmate, Daniel Schoolcraft. During this meeting (at which Pavlick was not present), Schoolcraft confessed to Spiller that he had been ordered to “hit” a prison administrator, Superintendent Larry Hopkins. The gang that ordered the hit struck back: four days later, Pavlick was attacked in his sleep by a group of inmates and stabbed 21 times. This case concerns whether Jimmy Mifflin — a prison guard who, according to an…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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