SOTO v. JOHANSEN

No. 97-2009.

137 F.3d 980 (1998)

Anibal SOTO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. David JOHANSEN, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 3, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory S. Bell (argued), Hasselberg, Rock, Bell & Kuppler, Peoria, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Karen J, Dimond (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before RIPPLE, MANION and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

While Anibal Soto was an inmate at the Pontiac (Illinois) Correctional Center, he refused to pay "cell rent" to certain inmate/gang members, who did not take his refusal lightly. After he was assaulted for his failure to pay up, Soto filed an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that six prison employees did not adequately protect him. After two defendants were dropped from the suit...

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