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JAMES v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY

No. 91-1497.

956 F.2d 696 (1992)

Frank JAMES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY and Franklin Lotter, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 12, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur W. Aufmann, argued, Law Offices of Merle Royce, Chicago, Ill., Thomas K. Archie, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff-appellant.

Mary Ellen Poulos, argued, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD, Jr. and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

On April 10, 1988, a dispute erupted between Willie Hannah and Frank James, two inmates at the Milwaukee County House of Correction (HOC). Hannah, the larger of the two men, apparently attacked James over an outstanding gambling debt. In the ensuing struggle, Hannah grabbed James' head with his bare hands and broke his neck, rendering him a quadriplegic. James filed suit, not against the perpetrator of this assault, but under 42 U.S.C. §...

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