Cesal v. Moats

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 2017-03-20

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WOOD, Chief Judge. While lifting a heavy door at his prison job at the Pekin Correctional Institution on March 21, 2008, Craig J. Cesal heard a “snap” in his back and felt pain in his leg and hip. He promptly sought treatment from the prison’s medical staff, but he was dissatisfied with their response. He alleges that he received only a three-year long medical runaround during which his pain was ignored. Worse, he says, Pekin…

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