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DAVENPORT v. DeROBERTIS

No. 87-1233.

844 F.2d 1310 (1988)

James DAVENPORT, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Richard DeROBERTIS, Michael O'Leary, and Michael P. Lane, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 13, 1988.

As Modified May 23, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Botner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Daniel Harris, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, POSNER and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This class action on behalf of prisoners confined in the segregation unit at Stateville, the State of Illinois' maximum-security prison, charges that living conditions in the unit are so substandard as to be a form of cruel and unusual punishment within the meaning of the Eighth Amendment, made applicable to the states by interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment. (The average number of prisoners confined in segregation at Stateville is 225...

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