Legal Opinion

Bruce Giles v. Salvador Godinez

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided January 29, 2019No. 15-3077PublishedCited by 504 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Manion, Circuit Judge.

Bruce Giles is a prisoner in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections (the "Department") who suffers from schizoaffective disorder. Giles filed this action pro se under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against several Department officials. He alleges the defendants violated his rights under the Eighth Amendment by being deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs, subjecting him to unconstitutional conditions of confinement, and failing to protect him from other inmates. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants and Giles now appeals. The…

2Cases cited28 opinions

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  3. Hudson v. McMillianSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  4. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981

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