DOE v. WELBORN

No. 95-2851.

110 F.3d 520 (1997)

John DOE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. George C. WELBORN, Warden, Austin Randolph, Unit Manager, and M. Mifflin, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 11, 1997.

As Amended May 29, 1997.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied June 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lauren Robel, Cynthia Bauerly, Law Student (argued), Bloomington, IN, for plaintiff-appellant.

Paul Racette (argued), Office of Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees.

Before RIPPLE, MANION, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied June 18, 1997.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

John Doe, a self-described prison snitch, alerted officials at the Menard Correctional Center that a prison gang had placed a "hit" on the Center's superintendent. On another occasion, he set fire to his cell to draw the officials' attention to an attempted prison escape by two gang members. Following each incident, the defendants placed Doe in protective custody for...

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