Jackie Vance v. Howard Peters, Iii, Director, Jane E. Higgins, Warden, and James Roy, Correctional Officer

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1996-12-18

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RIPPLE, Circuit Judge. Jackie Vance, an inmate at Dwight Correctional Center (“Dwight”), brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against three prison officials. She claimed that a prison guard used constitutionally excessive force to restrain her and that two prison officials acted with deliberate indifference to her serious medical needs, in vi…

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