Vincent Goka v. Paul Bobbitt, Officer, Acting Sergeant

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1988-12-21

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GRANT, Senior District Judge. Vincent Goka, a former inmate at the Stateville Correctional Center, brought suit against several guards and two prison officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 after he was assaulted by another inmate. Goka alleges a violation of his rights, under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, to be secure from assault by other inmates…

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