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SAMPLEY v. DUCKWORTH

No. 95-1842.

72 F.3d 528 (1995)

Bill SAMPLEY and Michael Holland, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jack DUCKWORTH, in his personal capacity, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 19, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Sampley, Indiana State Prison, Michigan City, IN, pro se.

Michael H. Holland, # 71940, Bell County Jail, Pineville, KY, pro se.

Thomas D. Quigley (argued), Michael A. Hostettler, Matthew C. Robinson, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Jack R. Duckworth.

Hamid R. Kashani (argued), Indianapolis, IN, for amicus curiae Indiana Civil Liberties Union.

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

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

This case presents only one issue: whether district courts have authority to impose upon a losing plaintiff the expenses incurred by state corrections officials in transporting prisoners to be witnesses in a civil suit. The case had its origins in a civil rights suit brought by plaintiffs Bill Sampley and Michael Holland against the Superintendent of the Indiana State Prison, Jack Duckworth, involving conditions at that institution. During the...

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