Steven Hughes v. Joliet Correctional Center, Dr. Stanley Harper, and Jeannie Koehler

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1991-04-18

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POSNER, Circuit Judge. This appeal concerns the outer bounds of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments, the use of summary judgment, and the standards for requesting counsel to *427 assist indigents in civil cases. The plaintiff, Steven Hughes, is an inmate in an Il…

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