GOFFMAN v. GROSS

No. 94-1738.

59 F.3d 668 (1995)

Paul H. GOFFMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Boniface GROSS, Danny Jaimet, Lieutenant Maue, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 6, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Marie Settle (argued), Waterloo, IL, for Paul H. Goffman.

Terence J. Corrigan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Crim. Appeals Div., Springfield, IL, for Boniface Gross.

Robert G. Toews, Office of the Atty. Gen., Terence J. Corrigan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Crim. Appeals Div., Mary E. Welsh (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Civil Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for D. Jaimet, Lieutenant Maue, Sergeant Ramsey.

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


MANION, Circuit Judge.

Paul Goffman, an inmate in the Illinois prison system, brought this action for damages and other relief against state officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming the defendants' refusal to provide him with a non-smoking cellmate constituted deliberate indifference to his immediate medical needs. The matter was referred to a magistrate judge who, following an evidentiary hearing, recommended that judgment be entered against Goffman and in...

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