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DUANE v. LANE

No. 88-1350.

959 F.2d 673 (1992)

Daniel F. DUANE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael P. LANE, James Thieret, Warden, James Buch and Daniel Cowen, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 1, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard B. Eisenberg (argued), Little Rock, Ark., for plaintiff-appellant.

William H. London, Asst. Atty. Gen., John A. Morrissey (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and ENGEL, Senior Circuit Judge.

ENGEL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Daniel Duane, a prisoner at Menard Correctional Center in Illinois, sued four officials of the Illinois Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that their "deliberate indifference" to his safety amounted to "cruel and unusual punishment." Finding no genuine issues of material fact, the district court awarded summary judgment in favor of the defendants. For the following reasons, we affirm.

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