Legal Opinion
Jose Santiago, Cross-Appellee v. Michael P. Lane, Cross-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 23, 1990No. 88-2840PublishedCited by 135 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, Jose Santiago, appeals from a summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against various officers of the Illinois Department of Corrections for violating his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. Plaintiffs charges stem largely from two brutal attacks he suffered at the hands of other inmates while incarcerated in the Illinois prison system. The district court found as a matter of law that the defendants’ failure to take certain precautions to protect the plaintiff could not constitute deliberate indifference to his safety…
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3Cited by135 opinions
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