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PRUITT v. MOTE

No. 05-1620.

503 F.3d 647 (2007)

Benjamin PRUITT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Stephen D. MOTE, Warden, Adella Jordan-Luster, Patricia Beodecker, Officer, Michael P. Mesch, Officer, and Wesley G. Wiles, Officer, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 3, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter C. McCabe, III, William P. Ferranti (argued), Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Carl Elitz (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER, COFFEY, RIPPLE, MANION, KANNE, ROVNER, WOOD, EVANS, WILLIAMS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Reargued En Banc May 22, 2007.

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Benjamin Pruitt, an inmate at the Pontiac Correctional Center in Illinois, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging he was sexually assaulted by a prison guard and that prison employees failed to protect him from this assault. Prior to trial Pruitt filed four motions asking the district court to appoint an attorney to represent him. With the last two motions, Pruitt submitted the results of prison...

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