Tommy Ray Lewis v. Thomas D. Richards

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1997-02-24

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*-1033 COFFEY, Circuit Judge. This case involves the prison problem of coping with violence. Tommy Ray Lewis, a state prisoner, sued several employees and officials at the Westville (Indiana) Correctional Center (“WCC”), claiming that they violated his Eighth Amendment 1 right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment by being deliberatel…

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