ROSS v. FRANZEN

No. 83-2966.

777 F.2d 1216 (1985)

Willie ROSS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gayle FRANZEN, James Greer, and Judson Childs, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 20, 1985.

Rehearing Denied December 16, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford J. Shapiro, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Vincenzo Chimera, Ill. Atty. Gen. Office, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

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


SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the magistrate, assigned by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, granting defendants' motion for summary judgment in a suit brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff Willie Ross, an inmate at Menard Correctional Center, claims that the magistrate erred by (1) granting prison officials' motion for summary judgment without providing him notice and an opportunity...

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