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SANTIAGO v. LANE

No. 88-2840.

894 F.2d 218 (1990)

Jose SANTIAGO, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. Michael P. LANE, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Lewis, II (argued), Robert T. Markowski, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

Thomas A. Morrissey, William D. Fraizer (argued), Asst. Attys. Gen., Office of the Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, Jose Santiago, appeals from a summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against various officers of the Illinois Department of Corrections for violating his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. Plaintiff's charges stem largely from two brutal attacks he suffered at the hands of other inmates while incarcerated in the Illinois prison system. The district court found as a matter of law that...

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