Legal Opinion
James E. Williams v. Anthony Ramos, Theopolas Smith, and Robert Griffen
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 7, 1995No. 95-1106PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Per curiam
James Earl Williams filed suit for due process and Eighth Amendment violations against officials at Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet, Illinois. 1 The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants on Williams’s due process claim and dismissed his Eighth Amendment claim. Williams appeals. We affirm.
I. Due Process
We review a district court’s grant of summary judgment de novo. Smith v. Shawnee Library System, 60 F.3d 317, 820 (7th Cir.1995). Summary judgment is appropriate when the district court determines from the pleadings, affidavits, and other submissions that there are…
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