PATTERSON v. BAKER

No. 19-2917.

990 F.3d 1082 (2021)

Shawn PATTERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Matt BAKER, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 15, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Richard Nitz , Attorney, Molo Lamken LLP, Washington, DC, Matthew Jason Fisher , Attorney, Molo Lamken LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Katelin B. Buell , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Kanne, Scudder, and St. Eve, Circuit Judges.


Shawn Patterson, an inmate in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections, invoked 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and brought suit, alleging that a group of correctional officers violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment by beating him and then parading him naked in front of his fellow prisoners...

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