VIENS v. DANIELS

No. 88-2092.

871 F.2d 1328 (1989)

Edward VIENS and Joseph Perruquet, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Harold DANIELS, Adrian Barber, Daniel Stock and Judy Pedersen, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 29, 1989.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen L. Roach, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Bret A. Rappaport, Asst. Atty. Gen., Illinois Attorney General's Office, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUDAHY, EASTERBROOK and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 13, 1989.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants Edward Viens and Joseph Perruquet are inmates in the Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet, Illinois. On the morning of January 17, 1983, officials at Stateville discovered two makeshift ladders against the prison's outer wall. A count of inmates revealed that no one had actually escaped; the escape attempt had been abandoned for unknown reasons. That same...

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