WILSON v. GROANING

No. 92-3525.

25 F.3d 581 (1994)

Anthony WILSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Billy GROANING and Chris Dunn, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 2, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Peters (argued), James E. Neville, Gundlach, Lee, Eggmann, Boyle & Roessler, Belleville, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daniel N. Malato, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Civ. Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees.

Before CUDAHY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, District Judge.


ANN CLAIRE WILLIAMS, District Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Anthony Wilson ("Wilson") brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against two correctional officers, defendants-appellees Billy Groaning ("Groaning") and Chris Dunn ("Dunn"), claiming that they used excessive force when returning him to his cell at the Shawnee Correctional Center ("Shawnee") in Vienna, Illinois. After a jury trial, Magistrate Judge Gerald B. Cohn entered judgment on the jury verdict for defendants...

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