WALSH v. MELLAS

No. 86-2413.

837 F.2d 789 (1988)

Thomas Patrick WALSH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nicholas MELLAS and Harry Martin, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 21, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bret A. Rappaport, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Don R. Sampen, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before COFFEY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Nicholas Mellas and Harry Martin, prison officials at the Stateville Correctional Center, appeal the district court's award of $2,500 compensatory and $5,000 punitive damages in favor of a Stateville inmate, Thomas Walsh. We affirm.

I.

The plaintiff-appellee Thomas Patrick Walsh ("Walsh"), a state prisoner currently serving sentences for three felony convictions, brought this action against six Stateville officers...

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