Legal Opinion
Estate of William A. Miller v. Helen Marberry
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 30, 2017No. 15-1497PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
While confined at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, William Miller fell out of an upper bunk and broke his back. Contending that he should have been in a lower bunk, Miller seeks compensation in this Bivens action. Miller died in June 2016; the record does not show why. His estate has been substituted as the plaintiff, but we use his name to make the exposition easier to follow.
Miller’s principal problem is the identity of the two defendants: Gary Rogers, a guard, and Helen Marberry, then the Warden of Terre Haute. Miller does not seek relief from any…
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