WALKER v. TAYLORVILLE CORRECTIONAL CENTER

No. 94-2705.

129 F.3d 410 (1997)

Eric WALKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TAYLORVILLE CORRECTIONAL CENTER, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 5, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan S. Jennings (argued), Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hiliard & Geraldson, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Rita M. Novak, Office of the Attorney General, Jerald S. Post (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and ROVNER and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Sexual harassment does not necessarily occur only when a man harasses a woman, as Eric Walker's allegations illustrate. Walker was an inmate at Illinois's Taylorville Correctional Center who raised a variety of claims against Taylorville, a number of its employees, and other institutions, alleging violations of his civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court denied his petition to proceed in forma pauperis and...

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