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BALSEWICZ v. PAWLYK

No. 19-3062.

963 F.3d 650 (2020)

John H. BALSEWICZ, a/k/a Melissa Balsewicz, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jonathan S. PAWLYK, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 26, 2020.

Amended July 2, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Michael Shapiro, Esq. , Attorney, Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John H. Balsewicz, pro se.

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

Nicole Brianne Godfrey , Attorney, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Civil Rights Clinic, Denver, CO, for Amicus Curiae Former Corrections Directors.

John J. Hamill , Attorney, DLA Piper LLP (US), Chicago, IL, for Amici Curiae.

Before WOOD, Chief Judge, and MANION and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

When a prison official knows that an inmate faces a substantial risk of serious harm, the Eighth Amendment requires that official to take reasonable measures to abate the risk.

Inmate John "Melissa" Balsewicz reported to a prison guard that while she was in the shower house, another inmate threatened to beat her up...

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