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SWISHER v. PORTER COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT.

No. 13-3602.

769 F.3d 553 (2014)

Randy M. SWISHER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PORTER COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 15, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy M. Swisher , Miami Correctional Facility, Bunker Hill, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Elizabeth A. Knight , Attorney, Knight, Hoppe, Kurnik & Knight, Ltd., Rosemont, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaining that while a pretrial detainee in a jail in Porter County, Indiana, he was denied medical care for a bullet wound to his abdomen, and other essential medical care, during his nine-month sojourn at the jail. He named as defendants the local sheriff plus jail personnel, including the warden and other officers and the jail's physician and head nurse. The district court, while...

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