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MOORE v. MAHONE

No. 09-3515.

652 F.3d 722 (2011)

Sammy J. MOORE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sylvia MAHONE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 15, 2011.

Rehearing Denied August 11, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sammy J. Moore (submitted), Menard Correctional Center, Menard, IL, pro se.

Craig L. Unrath, Attorney, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, IL, Heidi Hildebrand, Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Springfield, IL, Christopher M.R. Turner, Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, COFFEY, and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, an inmate of an Illinois state prison, brought suit against two guards under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that they had used excessive force against him in an altercation in the prison cafeteria, in violation of his constitutional right to be free from cruel and unusual punishments. The district judge dismissed the claim, without waiting for any response by the defendants, on the authority...

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