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VANCE v. PETERS

No. 94-3070.

97 F.3d 987 (1996)

Jackie VANCE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Howard PETERS, III, Director, Jane E. Higgins, Warden, and James Roy, Correctional Officer, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 11, 1996.

Rehearing Denied December 18, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Montgomery (argued), McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Patrick L. Breen, William K. Blanchard (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before COFFEY, FLAUM and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

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...

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