Legal Opinion
Emmanuel Mensai Okai v. Lieutenant Kelly Verfuth,robert Zachary
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 21, 2001No. 99-3277PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Emmanuel Mensai Okai filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3) alleging that certain correctional officers at the Federal Correctional Institute in Greenville, Illinois, beat him while transporting him between housing units on October 25, 1995. Okai was moved after other prisoners had rioted on October 20, requiring that a number of prisoners be relocated in order that the prison authorities might repair the damage to several cell blocks. Shortly after the riot, Lieutenant Kelly Verfuth and Officer Robert Zachary both were suspended for reasons…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- United States v. Nicholas Tyrone MooreCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- United States v. Willie E. LloydCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Andrew Wilson v. City of Chicago, Jon BurgeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Medcom Holding Company, Cross-Appellee v. Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc. And Medtrain, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Naomi Treece v. Steven Hochstetler and City of NapervilleCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- United States v. John D. ConleyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
- Casares v. BernalDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2011
- United States v. Carlos D. KnoxCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
- United States v. BrysonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
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