PENNEWELL v. PARISH

No. 18-3029.

923 F.3d 486 (2019)

James V. PENNEWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James PARISH, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 3, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah Marie Konsky , Attorney, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Colin Thomas Roth , Attorney, WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Special Litigation and Appeals, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellees James Parish, Mark Rice, Scott Hofteizer, Denise Bonnett.

Douglas Knott , Attorney, Brenden Mendelsohn Leib , Attorney, Charles R. Starnes , Attorney, LEIB KNOTT GAYNOR LLP, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellee James Richter.

Before Bauer, Manion, and Rovner, Circuit Judges.


James Pennewell is a Wisconsin state prisoner who became legally blind while incarcerated. He filed a pro se complaint alleging numerous defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The district court held that based on his adequate pleadings he was competent...

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