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BUECHEL v. U.S.

No. 13-2278.

746 F.3d 753 (2014)

Joseph W. BUECHEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 7, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicole A. Allen , Attorney, Kevin McCall , Attorney, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jennifer Hudson , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Fairview Heights, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before MANION, KANNE, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

In July 2006, Joseph Buechel was incarcerated at FCI-Greenville, a federal correctional institution in Greenville, Illinois. Buechel contracted Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, known as MRSA, which is a type of staph infection resistant to certain antibiotics. Buechel's MRSA infection was so severe that it nearly killed him. He survived, but he had to be hospitalized for more than forty days and was left with serious and...

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