Dale v. Poston

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 2008-11-21

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EVANS, Circuit Judge. Curtis Dale, a federal prisoner, filed this suit in 2002 against several prison employees claiming that they violated the Eighth Amendment by failing to protect him from an attack by another inmate. The case has gone back and forth with both Dale and the government going 2 for 4: a loss for Dale at the pleading stage, a win by Dale on appeal, a win by Dale b…

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