BOYCE v. MOORE

No. 01-2809.

314 F.3d 884 (2002)

Chester BOYCE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lieutenant MOORE, Division 1, Stanley Serwinsky, Executive Director of Cook County Department of Corrections, Jeffrey Malek, Division 1, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 27, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd G. Smith (argued), Lafollette, Godfrey & Kahn, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Patrick S. Smith (argued), William B. Oberts, Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, RIPPLE and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Chester Boyce, a prisoner incarcerated at the Cook County Department of Corrections ("CCDOC"), filed a pro se complaint against Lieutenants Jeffrey Malek and Leroy Moore, as well as the Executive Director of CCDOC ("Executive Director") and other individuals. Proceeding under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Mr. Boyce alleged that the defendants violated his Eighth Amendment rights by failing to take action to protect him from attacks by fellow inmates...

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