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OLSON v. MORGAN

No. 12-2786.

750 F.3d 708 (2014)

Jeffrey E. OLSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donald MORGAN, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 30, 2014.

Rehearing Denied May 16, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Jared Fisher , Attorney, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Anthony D. Russomanno , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, FLAUM, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Jeffrey Olson, an inmate in a Wisconsin prison, was attacked by his cellmate, Thomas Russell, and suffered a broken tooth in the scuffle. Olson had warned Sergeant Randy Schneider, a correctional officer, that Russell was not taking his medications and might become violent, but Sergeant Schneider did not move Olson to a new cell. After the attack Olson brought this § 1983 lawsuit alleging that Sergeant

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