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WYATT v. LEONARD

No. 98-4161.

193 F.3d 876 (1999)

George WYATT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael LEONARD; Geri Mangas; Mario Marroquin; Lt. Pierce; Burton L. Cronk; B.G. Hummel; C/O Walters, Defendants-Appellees, Sgt. Hefner, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 6, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL ARGUED: Lisa T. Meeks, NEWMAN & MEEKS, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellant. Todd R. Marti, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, CORRECTIONS LITIGATION SECTION, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Lisa T. Meeks, NEWMAN & MEEKS, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellant. Robert C. Angell, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, CORRECTIONS LITIGATION SECTION, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellees.

Before: MERRITT, KENNEDY, and DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judges

OPINION

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

It is undisputed that on August 24, 1995, while in segregation, plaintiff George Wyatt was raped by a fellow inmate. A year later he filed this § 1983 civil rights action against prison employees seeking damages for cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Specifically, plaintiff alleges that the defendant prison employees were deliberately indifferent to his safety when they placed him in a...

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