BROWN v. LAVOIE

No. 22-1585.

90 F.4th 1206 (2024)

Victor R. BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Daniel LAVOIE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 23, 2024.

Amended January 25, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Madeline W. Clark , Robert Nolan Stander , Attorneys, Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jody J. Schmelzer , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Easterbrook, Wood, and Kirsch, Circuit Judges.


Victor Brown, an inmate in the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, has a history of self-harm. One morning while he was particularly upset, Brown forced a two-inch metal screw into his own flesh by his left elbow. The screw was embedded so deeply that it could not be seen without manipulating the skin, and so a prison nurse...

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