WEINBERGER v. STATE OF WIS.

No. 95-3398.

105 F.3d 1182 (1997)

Aaron D. WEINBERGER, as administrator of the Estate of Jeremiah Benjamin Weinberger, Aaron David Weinberger, as father of Jeremiah Benjamin Weinberger, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE OF WISCONSIN, Donna Chester, Probation Officer and as yet unnamed probation officers and employees, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 31, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick F. Cohn (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James E. Doyle, Michael Losse (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before CUDAHY, RIPPLE and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Jeremiah Benjamin Weinberger was murdered by Jeffrey Dahmer. Aaron David Weinberger, the father of Jeremiah Weinberger and administrator of his estate, brought this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985 and 1986 against the State of Wisconsin, Dahmer's probation officer Donna Chester, and other unnamed probation officers and employees. Mr. Weinberger alleged that the defendants acted unreasonably, in a grossly negligent...

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