Gutierrez v. Peters

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1997-04-23

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CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge. Carlos Gutierrez brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , complaining that the allegedly inadequate medical care he received for an infected cyst while imprisoned at the Dan-ville Correctional Center rose to the level of cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. The district court granted defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings and deni…

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