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CANNON v. WASHINGTON

No. 03-3295.

418 F.3d 714 (2005)

William CANNON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Odie WASHINGTON, Director, Ronald Haws, Rodney L. Tally, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 10, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Cannon, Jr., Pontiac, IL, pro se.

Timothy McPike, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, Craig L. Unrath, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BAUER, CUDAHY, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This protracted litigation arises out of three incidents that allegedly occurred in 1996 and 1998 in which Illinois inmate William Cannon, Jr., claims that prison guards severely beat him. Cannon originally filed suit in 1998 and amended his complaint in 2001, alleging in total that more than 50 defendants violated his rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and a number of state laws. See 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court granted...

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