Orrin S. Reed v. Daniel McBride

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1999-05-10

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FLAUM, Circuit Judge. Before us is Orrin S. Reed’s appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the defendants on his § 1983 suit. Reed alleges that the defendants violated the Eighth Amendment by subjecting him to cruel and unusual punishment by withholding food and life-sustaining medication while he was incarcerated. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse the d…

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