LEDFORD v. SULLIVAN

No. 95-1959.

105 F.3d 354 (1997)

William N. LEDFORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael J. SULLIVAN, Gordon A. Abrahamson, Patrick Knowles, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 27, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerold S. Solovy, William A. VonHoene, Jr., David Jimenez-Ekman (argued), Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

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

Before CUMMINGS, BAUER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

William Ledford ("Ledford") filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against seven Wisconsin state prison officials, alleging that his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when prison personnel confiscated his prescription medication. While confined at the Green Bay Correctional Institution ("GBCI"), Ledford was prescribed Zoloft, an anti-depressant drug. On January 4, 1994, Ledford was transferred to Dodge Correctional Institution...

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