Legal Opinion
Gregory Pope v. Stephen Shafer
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 7, 1996No. 95-2419, 95-2904PublishedCited by 174 opinions
1Per curiam
Captain Stephen Shafer, an officer at the Western Correctional Center, appeals a jury verdict entered against him on a claim that he violated the Eighth Amendment rights of Gregory Pope. The district court entered judgment on the verdict and denied Captain Shafer’s motion for post-trial relief. On this appeal, Captain Shafer presents but one contention — the sufficiency of the evidence. We affirm the judgment of the district court.
Gregory Pope, while an inmate at Western Correctional Center in Mount Sterling, Illinois, was threatened by three other inmates. There was credible evidence that…
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