Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Downey
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 4, 2009No. 08-2960PublishedCited by 394 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Darryl Lewis was a federal prisoner in custody at a county jail facility in northern Illinois. Lewis filed a civil action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 after jail officials shot him with a taser gun when he failed to comply with an order to rise from his bed. Lewis claimed the taser shot constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. He also attempted to present a Fourteenth Amendment claim arising from his placement in segregation without the benefit of a hearing. The district court dismissed Miguel Ayala, for lack of personal involvement,…
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