POSNER, Chief Judge.
Dennis Anderson, an inmate of an Illinois state prison, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against prison officials who, he claimed, had inflicted cruel and unusual punishment on him, had violated other federal constitutional rights of his as well, and had also violated his common law right of privacy and committed other common law torts upon him. The defendants moved to dismiss the suit on the ground that they had a qualified immunity from...
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