JACKSON v. DUCKWORTH

No. 91-1355.

955 F.2d 21 (1992)

Marshall JACKSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jack DUCKWORTH, Warden; H. Abbott, Investigator; C. Adkins, Assistant Warden; et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 27, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall Jackson, pro se.

David A. Nowak, Deputy Atty. Gen., Federal Litigation, Indianapolis, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER, COFFEY, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This is a prisoner's civil rights suit against officials of the Indiana prison system. The district judge granted summary judgment for the defendants. Only one of the many issues pressed by the prisoner on appeal merits discussion in a published opinion; the others are decided in an unpublished order issued today. The issue we discuss is whether the claim of cruel and unusual punishment presents a genuine...

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