Lewis v. Downey

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 2009-09-04

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KANNE, Circuit Judge. Darryl Lewis was a federal prisoner in custody at a county jail facility in northern Illinois. Lewis filed a civil action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 after jail officials shot him with a taser gun when he failed to comply with an order to rise from his bed. Lewis claimed the taser shot constituted cruel and unusual punis…

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