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CAMPBELL v. PETERS

Nos. 99-3775, 99-3895.

256 F.3d 695 (2001)

Don CAMPBELL a/k/a Donald Lee, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. Howard PETERS III, John Groves, and Charles Williams, Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, and Michael O'Leary, Michael Lane, and Carol Mills, Defendants/Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 10, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George N. Leighton (argued), Faraci & Faraci, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Mary E. Welsh (argued), Office of the Atty. General Civil Appelas Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

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

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

In July of 1990, an Illinois Circuit Court decided that appellant Donald Campbell was kept in prison at least a year longer than his sentence required. Campbell subsequently sued six prison officials and the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) alleging violations of his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. A jury found in his favor against three of the defendants, and those defendants...

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