TOWNSEND v. COOPER

No. 12-3620.

759 F.3d 678 (2014)

John TOWNSEND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sarah COOPER, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 17, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dillon Ambrose , Heather K. Gatewood , Kathy L. Nusslock , Elizabeth K. Miles , Davis & Kuelthau, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant

Crystal A. Banse , Francis X. Sullivan , Office of the Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before FLAUM, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

John Townsend was a prisoner at the Green Bay Correctional Institution ("GBCI"), a facility operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections ("DOC"). Townsend sued a number of officials at the Green Bay facility for violations of his civil rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The lower court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. We affirm in part and vacate and remand in part.

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