Berrell Freeman v. Gerald A. Berge

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 2006-03-23

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POSNER, Circuit Judge. A jury in this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (denial of federal right under color of state law) found that the defendants, officials at a Wisconsin prison, had inflicted cruel and unusual punishment on inmate Freeman by denying him meals. The jury awarded him $50,000 in compensatory damages, plus punitive damages, incomp…

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