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HILL v. U.S.

No. 14-1428.

762 F.3d 589 (2014)

Gerald HILL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 11, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Edward Kirksey, Jr. , Attorney, Attorney Charles E. Kirksey, St. Louis, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Nathan E. Wyatt , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Fairview Heights, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, KANNE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff was a federal prisoner serving a 60-month sentence for possession of a gun in furtherance of drug trafficking when he was attacked by a fellow prisoner wielding a metal object of some sort. The attack destroyed the vision in one of the plaintiff's eyes (as a result of which the eye had to be removed) and seriously impaired the vision in the other. It appears that as a result he is blind or nearly so. While still in prison he filed...

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