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COPELAND v. COUNTY OF MACON, ILL.

No. 04-1666.

403 F.3d 929 (2005)

Jason COPELAND, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF MACON, Illinois, and Office of the Sheriff of Macon County, Illinois, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 13, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley B. Wilson (argued), Gates, Wise & Schlosser, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Karen L. Kendall, Craig L. Unrath (argued), Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before POSNER, KANNE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

While Jason Copeland ("Copeland") was being held as a pre-trial detainee, he was severely beaten by other detainees at the behest of Darren Gregory ("Gregory"), a correctional officer at the Macon County Jail. Copeland then sued Gregory and received a $400,000 jury verdict against Gregory for his part in recruiting and encouraging other inmates in the jail to brutally attack and beat Copeland. Copeland...

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