Steven Hill v. William Shelander

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1991-03-26

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CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge. Steven Hill, the plaintiff in this Section 1983 action, seeks damages for injuries inflicted upon him by Sergeant William She-lander, a jail guard. Hill appeals from a grant of summary judgment in defendant’s favor. On December 14, 1983, Hill was imprisoned in Tazewell County Jail in Illinois awaiting his sentence following a conviction for burglary. Shelander got into an argument with Hill, who oppo…

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