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HAINES v. KERNER

No. 72-1972.

492 F.2d 937 (1974)

Francis HAINES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otto KERNER, Former Governor, State of Illinois et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 14, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Seng, Cairo, Ill., Rodney E. Eyster, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CLARK, Associate Justice, STEVENS, Circuit Judge, and NOLAND, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff was placed in solitary confinement for a period of 15 days because he hit a fellow inmate over the head with a shovel. He brought suit against nine prison and state officers for $250,000 in damages, claiming (1) that he did not receive due process in the disciplinary proceedings; and (2) that the conditions of his solitary confinement were cruel and unusual within the meaning of the Eighth Amendment. After we affirmed an order dismissing his...

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