Legal Opinion
Jackie Vance v. Howard Peters, Iii, Director, Jane E. Higgins, Warden, and James Roy, Correctional Officer
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 18, 1996No. 94-3070PublishedCited by 975 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Jackie Vance, an inmate at Dwight Correctional Center (“Dwight”), brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against three prison officials. She claimed that a prison guard used constitutionally excessive force to restrain her and that two prison officials acted with deliberate indifference to her serious medical needs, in violation of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. The district court granted summary judgment to the two prison officials on the ground that they were not involved directly or personally in the constitutional deprivations alleged in…
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