Pedro Diaz v. Malcom Davidson

Judge HAMILTON concurs in the judgment for the reasons given by the district court.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff complains that while he was an inmate of the Pontiac state prison in Illinois the defendants (prison guards, prison grievance officers, the warden, the assistant warden, a “correctional major” at the prison, who is responsible for ensuring the safety and security of the prison, and the director of the Illinois Department of Corrections) refused to equip him with gloves and a hat when he exercised in his outdoor cell in the prison yard in very cold winter weather. According to…