Legal Opinion
Steven Hill v. William Shelander
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 26, 1991No. 90-1363PublishedCited by 192 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Steven Hill, the plaintiff in this Section 1983 action, seeks damages for injuries inflicted upon him by Sergeant William She-lander, a jail guard. Hill appeals from a grant of summary judgment in defendant’s favor. On December 14, 1983, Hill was imprisoned in Tazewell County Jail in Illinois awaiting his sentence following a conviction for burglary. Shelander got into an argument with Hill, who opposed the relocation of another prisoner,. and demanded that Hill emerge from his cell. Hill refused to come out. According to Hill’s allegations, construed in his favor on…
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