MORISSETTE v. PETERS

Nos. 93-3154, 93-3301.

45 F.3d 1119 (1995)

Sherman MORISSETTE, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Howard PETERS and Thomas Huskisson, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, and Marvin Skidmore and Vera Hutchinson, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 24, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherman Morissette (submitted) pro se.

Peter V. Bustamante, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul F. Carlson, Susan Frederick Rhodes, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Barrington D. Baker, Office of the Atty. Gen., Chicago, IL, for defendants.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, CUMMINGS and MANION, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Sherman Morissette, an inmate serving a life sentence at the Pontiac Correctional facility, brought an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that the defendants violated his right to due process of law and subjected him to cruel and unusual punishment. Defendant Peters is the warden of the facility, defendant Skidmore is a correctional captain at the facility, defendant Huskisson is a member of the facility's Adjustment Committee, and defendant Hutchinson...

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