JONES v. MORRIS

No. 84-2639.

777 F.2d 1277 (1985)

Alonzo H. JONES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ernest MORRIS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Mills, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Mary Rigdon, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, Alonzo Jones, filed a pro se complaint and a petition for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a).1 The district court denied this petition. In its view, the complaint's eighth amendment claims alleged only negligence and thus failed to state a deprivation of constitutional magnitude. Accordingly, the district court determined that the IFP petition...

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