Legal Opinion
Johnson, Cedric v. Litscher, Jon E.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 15, 2001No. 00-2978PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Cedric R. Johnson appeals the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint against members of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC). The district court concluded that Johnson had not exhausted his administrative remedies pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) and dismissed the complaint without prejudice. We affirm.
Johnson, an inmate in the Wisconsin prison system, won a lawsuit against the DOC’s director of health services for unreasonably refusing to authorize a liver transplant for Johnson. After his success, Johnson was harassed repeatedly by DOC officials. 1…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Booth v. ChurnerSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Edwards v. BalisokSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Eduardo M. Perez v. Wisconsin Department of Corrections and Michael J. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
- Anthony Dewalt v. Lamark Carter, Correctional Officer Young, Carol BiesterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Cedric R. Johnson v. Jon E. Litscher, Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, in His Official Capacity, and Donald G. Baney, Joanne Barton, Thomas Borgen, Kevin Cannon, Jason MacPhetridge Clyde Maxwell, Erin Richards and Jess Rooney in Their Personal CapacitiesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001