MOORE v. THIERET

No. 87-2064.

862 F.2d 148 (1988)

DeWayne MOORE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James THIERET, Warden and Greg Knopp, Captain, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 2, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Roberts, South Ill. University Leg. Clinic, Carbondale, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Ann Plunkett-Sheldon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER, FLAUM and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 10, 1989.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1) by DeWayne Moore, the plaintiff in a prisoner's rights case, from the denial of his motion for a preliminary injunction. The first and last question we consider is whether the appeal is moot.

An inmate of Illinois' Menard prison, Moore brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against prison officials, charging that...

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