McCOTTRELL v. WHITE

No. 17-2295.

933 F.3d 651 (2019)

John MCCOTTRELL and Dustin S. Clay, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Marcus WHITE and Labarin Williams, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 29, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicole C. Henning , Attorney, JONES DAY, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Katelin B. Buell , Assistant Attorney General, Nadine J. Wichern , Attorney, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee MARCUS WHITE.

Katelin B. Buell , Assistant Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee LABARIN WILLIAMS.

Before Rovner, Hamilton, and Barrett, Circuit Judges.


The plaintiffs were inmates at Stateville Correctional Center when they were struck by buckshot fired by the defendant prison guards. The plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, asserting that the guards violated their rights under the Eighth Amendment when they discharged their shotguns over a crowded prison dining hall...

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