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CARR v. O'LEARY

No. 96-3885.

167 F.3d 1124 (1999)

Richard CARR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael O'LEARY and Michael P. Lane, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 4, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Jacobs (argued), Joshua Karsh, Kevin B. Marsh, Plotkin & Jacobs, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Erik G. Light, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Chicago, IL, Susan F. Rhodes (on the brief), Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission, Illinois Supreme Court, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and COFFEY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

A middle-aged inmate of the minimum security unit (the "honor farm") of Illinois' prison at Stateville with only 96 days left before he was due to be released, Richard Carr had the misfortune to be caught in a prison riot. Prisoners angered by a lockdown following the murder of a guard took over the second floor, the residential floor, of Carr's unit and told the other prisoners that anyone who went downstairs for the required morning count would...

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