TIDWELL v. HICKS

No. 14-2365.

791 F.3d 704 (2015)

Cleother TIDWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bryce HICKS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 26, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cleother Tidwell, Menard, IL, pro se.

Frank Henry Bieszczat , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before WOOD, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


Cleother Tidwell, an Illinois inmate, brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983; in it, he contends that three prison guards violated his Eighth Amendment rights when they failed to protect him from attack by a fellow inmate and then subjected him to excessive force by restraining him during the attack. The district court...

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