Anthony Dixon v. John M. Pitchford

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Anthony Dixon, a state prisoner, contends that prison officials violated his rights under the Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause of the eighth amendment (as applied to the states by the Due Process Clause of the fourteenth) in two ways: by permitting another prisoner to attack him, and by tarrying in providing medical attention. He sought leave to proceed in the district court without prepayment of costs, see 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a), and the district court granted this motion in part. The court thought the medical care portion of the suit frivolous and declined to…