WILLIAMS v. ANDERSON

No. 90-2487.

959 F.2d 1411 (1992)

James E. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nancy ANDERSON and S.D. Parwatikar, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 9, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Mudge, Reed, Armstrong, Gorman, Coffey, Thomson, Gilbert & Mudge, Edwardsville, Ill., Curtis L. Blood, argued, Collinsville, Ill., for James E. Williams.

Karen Michels Caille, Asst. Atty. Gen., Alison E. O'Hara, argued, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Div., Chicago, Ill., for Nancy Anderson and S.D. Parwatikar.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, RIPPLE, Circuit Judge, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

While in custody at the Menard Correctional Center in Illinois, James Williams was given an injection of Haldol, an antipsychotic drug, against his will.1 Mr. Williams brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Dr. S.D. Parwatikar, the staff psychiatrist who prescribed the drug, and Nancy Anderson, the staff nurse who administered it, for alleged violations of his...

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