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Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Illinois Prisoner's Lawsuit Related to Shooting
Loaded on July 15, 2013
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2013, page 54
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a lower court erred in dismissing an Illinois prisoner's excessive force, deliberate indifference and retaliation claims.
Filed under:
Retaliation for Filing Grievances,
Retaliatory Transfers,
Shootings,
Civil Procedure,
Limitations.
Location:
Illinois.
On May 16, 2009, an unidentified Stateville Correctional Center guard fired two rounds from a 12-gauge shotgun to break up a fight between two unarmed …
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