PURTUE v. WISCONSIN DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 19-2706.

963 F.3d 598 (2020)

Lisa PURTUE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

June 26, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff Scott Olson , Attorney, Jeff Scott Olson Law Firm, S.C., Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Clayton P. Kawski , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Manion, Hamilton, and Barrett, Circuit Judges.


Lisa Purtue was fired from her job as a Wisconsin correctional officer for falsely claiming that a prisoner hit her with an empty snack cake box that he threw from his cell. Video footage revealed that the box did not in fact hit Purtue, and, after a review process, the warden dismissed her

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