GOMETZ v. HENMAN

No. 85-3123.

807 F.2d 113 (1986)

Randy Karl GOMETZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gary L. HENMAN, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Marion, Illinois, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 8, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy K. Gometz, Marion, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard Lloyd, Asst. U.S. Atty., Frederick J. Hess, U.S. Atty., U.S. Atty's. Office, East St. Louis, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before POSNER and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 15, 1987.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Thomas Silverstein, one of the leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood, a violent prison gang, is confined in a specially designed cell at the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta. Silverstein has been convicted of at least four murders and is serving multiple consecutive life sentences. Most of the victims have been other prisoners or guards who crossed or "disrespected" Silverstein...

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