Legal Opinion
Jeffrey Olson v. Donald Morgan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 30, 2014No. 12-2786PublishedCited by 888 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Jeffrey Olson, an inmate in a Wisconsin prison, was attacked by his cellmate, Thomas Russell, and suffered a broken tooth in the scuffle. Olson had warned Sergeant Randy Schneider, a correctional officer, that Russell was not taking his medications and might become violent, but Sergeant Schneider did not move Olson to a new cell. After the attack Olson brought this § 1983 lawsuit alleging that Sergeant Schneider violated the Eighth Amendment by not doing more to protect him from Russell. Because his broken tooth was not treated for several weeks, he brought another claim…
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