Thompson v. Duke

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1989-08-14

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KANNE, Circuit Judge. While incarcerated and awaiting his parole violation hearing, Anthony Wayne Thompson was severely beaten by another inmate. Thompson brought a section 1983 action against various state defendants, alleging that their failure to schedule and conduct a timely parole violation hearing constituted a deprivation of his constitutionally protected liberty interests. He also sued various county defendants, al…

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