POWERS v. SNYDER

No. 04-1961.

484 F.3d 929 (2007)

Thomas POWERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donald SNYDER, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 3, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Powers (submitted), Dixon, IL, pro se.

Rachel A. Hoover, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, Karen L. Kendall, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The district judge dismissed this prisoner's civil rights suit (42 U.S.C. § 1983) for failure to state a claim. Except with respect to the following rulings, we agree with the district judge's reasoning and conclusions.

Concerning the plaintiff's claim that he was "forc[ed] to work in inhumane condition[s] by [being forced] to have hepatitis shots; knowing and exposing the plaintiff to conditions where [the warden] knows hepatitis...

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