Legal Opinion
Bryan Case v. Rodney Ahitow
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 24, 2002No. 01-3564PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, an inmate of a state prison, was injured in an attack by another inmate, and he claims that the failure of the guards and officials of the prison to prevent the attack violated his Eighth Amendment right not to be subjected to “cruel and unusual punishments.” Of course the defendants were not the actual attackers, but if they behaved with deliberate indifference to the plaintiffs safety, meaning that they knew of a serious danger to him (really knew — not just should have known, which would be all that would be required in a negligence case) and could…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- William Street v. Corrections Corporation of America, Jimmy Turner, and Dexter StephenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
- Curley v. PerryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2001
- Joe Marsh, Leroy Owens v. Butler County, Alabama, the Butler County CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
- John C. Babcock v. R.L. White and G. McDanielCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
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3Cited by123 opinions
- Grieveson v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
- Herbert L. Board v. Karl Farnham, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
- David Gevas v. Christopher McLaughlinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015
- Brown v. North Carolina Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2010
- Dewayne Cox v. Bradley QuinnCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2016
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