SMALLWOOD v. WILLIAMS

No. 21-3047.

59 F.4th 306 (2023)

Howard SMALLWOOD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Don WILLIAMS, et al. Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 3, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosalind E. Dillon , Attorney, Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, Chicago, IL, Daniel Greenfield , Devi M. Rao , Attorneys, Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Aaron T. Craft , Melinda R. Holmes , Benjamin M. L. Jones , Abigail Rae Recker , Attorneys, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants-Appellees Don Williams, Boyd Lunsford, Cory Conlon, Erick Hammond.

Douglass R. Bitner , Rachel Dubin Johnson , Attorneys, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC (SKO), Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee Paul A. Talbot.

Jennifer Wedekind , Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin.

Before Rovner, Hamilton and Scudder, Circuit Judges.


Howard Smallwood, an Indiana inmate, alleged physical and sexual abuse, excessive force, and mistreatment at the hands of prison employees and independent contractors associated with the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC). The district court dismissed his suit on the defendants' motion for summary judgment, holding that...

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