McNEIL v. U.S.

No. 91-1303.

964 F.2d 647 (1992)

William McNEIL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 20, 1992.

As Amended May 26, 1992.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 26, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen E. Shoenberger, Chicago, Ill. (argued), for plaintiff-appellant.

Eileen M. Marutzky, Jack Donatelli (argued), Asst. U.S. Attys., Office of the U.S. Atty., Civil Div., Appellate Section, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, EASTERBROOK, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 26, 1992.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

William McNeil is a prisoner of Illinois. In March 1989 he filed this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, contending that the prison had compelled him to participate in experiments conducted or financed by the United States Public Health Service. One of these experiments, McNeil alleged, was to share a cell with another prisoner who has AIDS. He demanded $20 million in...

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