JONES v. HAMELMAN

No. 87-2378.

869 F.2d 1023 (1989)

Sidney JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Counselor HAMELMAN, Sgt. Hampton, Officer Likens, and Officer Swain, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Culley, Indianapolis, Ind., for plaintiff-appellant.

Kermit R. Hilles, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, CUMMINGS and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Sidney Jones is an inmate in the Indiana State Reformatory at Pendleton, Indiana, serving a 20-year sentence for attempted robbery. Jones filed a complaint against a number of prison officials and employees under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging they failed to protect him from an assault by other inmates. The parties consented to a bench trial before a United States magistrate, and the magistrate dismissed the petitioner's complaint on the merits...

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