WILSON v. WILLIAMS

No. 94-3620.

83 F.3d 870 (1996)

Jackie WILSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James K. WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 8, 1996.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied July 15, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven H. Hoeft, Craig H. Zimmerman (argued), McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James E. Ryan, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, Michael David Jacobs, David S. Meyerson (argued), Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago, IL, Harold E. McKee, III, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Chicago, IL, Terry L. McDonald, Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County, Federal Litigation Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before WOOD, JR., COFFEY, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied July 15, 1996.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This case, now before us for the second time, arose out of an altercation in the Cook County Jail on June 23, 1988. Plaintiff-appellant Jackie Wilson alleged that on that date, while he was held in the jail as a pretrial detainee, a corrections officer, defendant-appellee James K. Williams, attacked him without provocation. A fight and wrestling match...

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