Legal Opinion
Prude v. Clarke
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 27, 2012No. 11-2811PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff in this prisoner’s civil rights suit brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complains that he was subjected to cruel and unusual punishment by personnel of the Milwaukee County Jail. (He has a second, less substantial claim that we discuss at the end of the opinion.) He appeals from the grant of summary judgment to the four defendants, who are the Sheriff of Milwaukee County, two County Inspectors who work at the jail, and a guard.
The plaintiff is serving time in a Wisconsin state prison, but was transferred to the county jail on several occasions to enable him to…
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- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Chavis v. ChappiusCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2010
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