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BURRELL v. POWERS

No. 04-3745.

431 F.3d 282 (2005)

Roosevelt BURRELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Marvin POWERS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 9, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffery T. McPherson, Craig G. Moore (argued), Armstrong Teasdale, St. Louis, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

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

Before RIPPLE, KANNE and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Roosevelt Burrell brought this § 1983 action against Dr. Marvin Powers, the medical director of Tamms Correctional Center ("Tamms") where Mr. Burrell is an inmate. Mr. Burrell alleged that Dr. Powers was deliberately indifferent to his medical needs and therefore violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. The district court converted Dr. Powers' motion to dismiss into a motion for summary judgment and dismissed...

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