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PIERSON v. HARTLEY

No. 02-3491.

391 F.3d 898 (2004)

Robert J. PIERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William HARTLEY, Supervisor, Dawn MacMillan, Terrell Triggs, in their official and individual capacities, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 14, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lauren Frank Noll (argued), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

David L. Steiner (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Robert J. Pierson, an inmate of the Indiana State Prison, was assaulted by fellow inmate Jeremy Wilkinson while he slept. Wilkinson beat Pierson with brass locks stuffed in a sock, gashing his head and knees and crushing his left testicle. The attack required surgical removal of Pierson's damaged testicle and kept him a month in the prison hospital. Pierson sued prison officers and officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that they knew...

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