Ronald G. Bryant v. David Madigan, Nancy Griffin, and Dorothy Mulcahey

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1996-05-17

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POSNER, Chief Judge. Bryant, an Illinois state prisoner, brought this damages suit against his keepers, complaining that they had refused his request for guardrails for his bed and that as a result he had broken his leg when a severe leg spasm caused him to fall out of bed. (Bryant is a paraplegic, and leg spasms are a symptom of his condition.) He also complains that after the…

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