ROBINSON v. SWEENY

No. 14-1936.

794 F.3d 782 (2015)

Ronald ROBINSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ed SWEENY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 23, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Robinson, Pontiac, IL, pro se.

Jacqueline B. Carroll , Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, MANION, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


This odd and confused case under-scores the pitfalls that await prisoners who file federal suits against corrections officers to enforce constitutional rights. See 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Attacked by a fellow prisoner while being transported back from a court hearing to his cell in an Illinois jail, Robinson, proceeding pro...

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