Jackson v. Willis

ROVNER,. Circuit Judge.

Nathaniel Jackson, an inmate in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections, filed a complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that his rights under the Eighth Amendment were violated by prison officials. He brought the lawsuit against David Willis, a Lieutenant at Logan Correctional Center, and Eddie J. Payne, a correctional officer at Pinckney-ville Correctional Center, in connection with an incident that occurred at Logan on August 4, 2011, during his transfer from Dixon Correctional Center to Pinckney-ville. Jackson alleged that he was…