HALL v. BENNETT

No. 02-2683.

379 F.3d 462 (2004)

Christopher S. HALL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Allen BENNETT and Stan Russell, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 12, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher S. Hall, Plainfield, IN, pro se.

Bryan K. Nowicki (argued), Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant,

Frances Barrow (argued), Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before CUDAHY, RIPPLE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

After receiving a severe electrical shock while working as an electrician at the Correctional Industrial Facility in Pendleton, Indiana, inmate Christopher Hall sought to hold supervisors Stan Russell and Allen Bennett liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law. Concluding that Hall lacked evidence that the defendants had knowingly placed him in a dangerous situation, the district court granted summary judgment on the federal deliberate...

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