Seventh Circuit· 4/30/1993

Steven Hill v. William Shelander

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992 F.2d 714
1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 10061
1993 WL 135824

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prisoner challenged guard’s order to step out of cell, guard responded by attacking him; reasonable fact finder could conclude that guard acted maliciously and sadistically to cause harm
“[I]f the finder of fact were to decide that [defendant] acted with malicious intent, there could be no question that a reasonable prison sergeant should reasonably have known that the conduct described by [plaintiff] violated the eighth amendment.”
“[I]f the finder of fact were to decide that [the defendant] acted with malicious intent, there could be no question that a reasonable prison sergeant should reasonably have known that the conduct described by [the plaintiff] violated the eighth amendment.”

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Judges: Posner, Flaum, Rovner

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