Legal Opinion
Guzman v. Sheahan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 7, 2007No. 06-3647PublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Ruben Guzman was incarcerated as a pre-trial inmate at Cook County Jail. In this action, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, he alleged that Cook County, various prison guards and law enforcement officials violated his right to due process of law as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. 1 The district court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment. 2 Mr. Guzman timely appealed. For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
I
BACKGROUND
A
Mr. Guzman was a pre-trial inmate at Cook County Jail. On January 21, 2003,…
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