BRYAN v. DUCKWORTH

No. 94-2509.

88 F.3d 431 (1996)

Martin BRYAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jack DUCKWORTH, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 7, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Bryan, Pendleton, IN, pro se.

Martha J. Arvin, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Jack R. Duckworth.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and FAIRCHILD and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

An Indiana prison guard named Smith was escorting a nurse named Richards through the cell block in which the petitioner, Bryan, was housed. Smith and Bryan got into an argument, and, according to Smith, Bryan reached through the bars of his cell in an unsuccessful effort to hit Smith. Smith filed a disciplinary charge of attempted battery against Bryan, who denied having tried to strike him. Unable to obtain a statement from Richards (which he...

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