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WILLIAMS v. BOLES

No. 87-1490.

841 F.2d 181 (1988)

Melvin WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jack BOLES, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 2, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas F. Fuson, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Karen S. Rosenwinkel, Civil Appeal, Atty. Gen. Office, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER, COFFEY, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Melvin Williams, an inmate of Stateville prison in Illinois, contends that he was beaten without cause by a guard wielding a pipe and was sprayed with Mace by other guards on another occasion, also without cause. On each occasion guards restrained him, causing further injury. The jury in this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 either found or assumed that the guards restrained, beat and sprayed him without justification but spontaneously...

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