Legal Opinion
Peter Lewis v. Odie Washington, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections, Mary Nichols, Richard Gramley, Lieutenant Shaw, and Lieutenant Jones
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 14, 2002No. 00-2017PublishedCited by 311 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Illinois prisoner Peter Lewis sued various employees of the Illinois Department of Corrections (“IDOC”) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that they failed to protect him from an attack by his cellmate and that they conspired to cover up the attack by ignoring many of his grievances and requests. The district court dismissed the case, concluding that Lewis had failed to exhaust his administrative remedies as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLEA”). See 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). We affirm the dismissal of the failure-to-protect claim, but remand the conspiracy…
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