EAGAN v. DEMPSEY

No. 17-3184.

987 F.3d 667 (2021)

Shawn EAGAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael DEMPSEY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 9, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew P. LeGrand , Andrew Hayward Bean , Attorneys, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Shawn Eagan, Pro Se.

Julie Ann Teuscher , Attorney, Cassiday Schade LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Michael Dempsey.

Christina T. Hansen , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Amy Moorhouse, James Berry, Travis Sullivan, and Dillon Law.

Before Easterbrook, Ripple, and Rovner, Circuit Judges.


Shawn Eagan, an inmate in the Illinois Department of Corrections, brought this section 1983 action to seek redress for alleged violations of the Eighth Amendment by medical and custodial staff at Pontiac Correctional Center ("Pontiac").1 Mr. Eagan brings this appeal, claiming that the district...

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