Legal Opinion
James Pennewell v. James Parish
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 3, 2019No. 18-3029PublishedCited by 325 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bauer, Circuit Judge.
*488 James Pennewell is a Wisconsin state prisoner who became legally blind while incarcerated. He filed a pro se complaint alleging numerous defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The district court held that based on his adequate pleadings he was competent to litigate the case alone during the advanced pre-trial stages of the litigation. Because this determination was an abuse of discretion and the district court failed to give Pennewell's motion particularized consideration, we reverse and remand with…
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