BENSON v. CADY

No. 83-2658.

761 F.2d 335 (1985)

Alex BENSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Elmer O. CADY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Miller (Law Student), Northwestern University Legal Clinic, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard J. Boyd, State of Wis., Dept. of Justice, Madison, Wis., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD and ESCHBACH, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Alex Benson, an inmate at Waupun Correctional Institution [WCI] in Waupun, Wisconsin, appeals from the district court's dismissal pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure of his eighth amendment claim that defendants were deliberately indifferent to his physical safety needs and serious medical needs and his pendent state claims arising out of the same facts. Named as defendants were...

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