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LANGSTON v. PETERS

No. 95-3099.

100 F.3d 1235 (1996)

Eugene LANGSTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Howard PETERS, III, Keith Cooper, Dwayne A. Clark, Lt. Ernest Clark, Gilberto Romero, Jr., and Lt. Lonnie Austin, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 6, 1996.

Rehearing Denied December 4, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George J. Casson (argued), O'Halloran, Kosoff, Geitner & Cook, P.C., Northbrook, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Rita M. Novak, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, Brian F. Barov (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before COFFEY, RIPPLE, and MANION, Circuit Judges.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Eugene Langston was placed in protective custody after giving prison authorities information about a murder he witnessed while serving his own murder sentence at Stateville prison. Over four years later, while serving time at Joliet, Langston was placed in segregation as punishment for assaulting a correctional officer. Although Langston was in segregation, another inmate who was also serving a murder sentence was assigned to share his cell...

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