Thomas Patrick Walsh v. Nicholas Mellas and Harry Martin

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1988-01-21

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COFFEY, Circuit Judge. Defendants Nicholas Mellas and Harry Martin, prison officials at the Stateville Correctional Center, appeal the district court’s award of $2,500 compensatory and $5,000 punitive damages in favor of a Stateville inmate, Thomas Walsh. We affirm. I. The plaintiff-appellee Thomas Patrick Walsh (“Walsh”), a state…

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