WILSON v. WILLIAMS

No. 92-3708.

997 F.2d 348 (1993)

Jackie WILSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James K. WILLIAMS and Thomas Cavallone, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven H. Hoeft, Craig H. Zimmerman (argued), McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Harold E. McKee, III, Asst. States Atty., McNeela & Griffin, Michael David Jacobs (argued), Terry L. McDonald, Asst. States Atty., Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, we consider whether the district court improperly granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants in this pretrial detainee's civil rights claim. Our jurisdiction is provided by 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We reverse and remand.

I.

Jackie Wilson was a pre-trial detainee assigned to the Cook County Jail. He alleges that he was beaten by Officers James K. Williams...

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