Legal Opinion
Silva v. State
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 22, 2019No. 18-2561PublishedCited by 213 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Flaum, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Julio de Lima Silva, a Brazilian citizen who self-identifies as Latino, worked as a correctional sergeant for the State of Wisconsin, Department of Corrections ("DOC"). His use of force on an inmate triggered an internal review process and ultimately led to his discharge. The individual defendants-Quala Champagne, the Warden of Wisconsin Correctional Center System ("WCCS"), Andrea Bambrough, the Human Resources Director of WCCS, and David Hicks, a Corrections Unit Supervisor at Columbia Correctional Institution-played various roles in that review…
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