DAVIS v. WESSEL

No. 13-3416.

792 F.3d 793 (2015)

Earl Sidney DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Seth C. WESSEL and George Lay, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 7, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel R. Campbell , Attorney, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Nadine J. Wichern , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before POSNER, ROVNER, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


Earl Sidney Davis, a civil detainee, sued security guards Seth Wessel and George Lay pursuant to the substantive component of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging Wessel and Lay refused to remove Davis's hand restraints while he used the restroom and then laughed as he struggled...

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