Wilson v. Falk

McHUGH, Circuit Judge.

Colorado state prisoner Terrance D. Wilson was stabbed eleven times by a fellow inmate while incarcerated at the Li-món Correctional Facility in Limón, Colorado. Having survived the attack, Mr. Wilson brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that Frances Falk, James Fox, Steven Frank, and Sherwyn Phillip—each an employee of the Colorado Department of Corrections (“CDOC”)—vi-olated his Eighth Amendment rights by failing to protect him from the assault. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. Exercising jurisdiction under 28…