THORNTON v. BROWN

No. 94-1258.

47 F.3d 194 (1995)

Rodger THORNTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gregory BROWN, Jimmie Mifflin, Jr., and Michael Kelly, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 3, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Stahl, Karen Owen Dunlop (argued), Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Nuviah Shirazi, Springfield, IL, Mary E. Welsh (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Civ. Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees.

Before CUDAHY, ESCHBACH, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Rodger Thornton appeals from an adverse judgment entered by the district court in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against three officers of the Illinois Department of Corrections for allegedly violating his rights, under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. Thornton contends that the magistrate judge made several key factual findings which were clearly erroneous. We affirm.

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