CLEVELAND-PERDUE v. BRUTSCHE

No. 88-2513.

881 F.2d 427 (1989)

Linda CLEVELAND-PERDUE, Successor Representative and Administratrix of the Estate of Joseph Jones, Jr. (a/k/a Roscoe Simmons), Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert L. BRUTSCHE, M.D., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Flint Taylor, Chicago, Ill., Michael A. Bergin, Locke, Reynolds, Boyd & Weisell, Indianapolis, Ind., Michael E. Deutsch, Chicago, Ill., Gerald H. McGlone, Brad Bough, McGlone & Bough, Terre Haute, Ind., Jessie A. Cook, Trueblood, Harmon, Carter & Cook, Terre Haute, Ind., for plaintiff-appellee.

Ronald E. Elberger, Bose, McKinney & Evans, Indianapolis, Ind., for defendants-appellants.

Before CUMMINGS, CUDAHY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

This difficult case, which involves the issue of a federal prison official's immunity from a suit alleging deliberate indifference to a prisoner's medical needs, comes before us for the third time. See Green v. Carlson, 581 F.2d 669 (7th Cir.1978), aff'd Carlson v. Green, 446 U.S. 14, 100 S.Ct. 1468, 64 L.Ed.2d 15 (1980); Green v. Carlson, 826...

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