YOUNG v. RABIDEAU

No. 84-2952.

821 F.2d 373 (1987)

Joseph YOUNG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James RABIDEAU and Stephen Washington, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 1, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John McCarroll (Law Student), Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, Ind., for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas A. Ioppolo, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Ill., Chicago, Ill., for respondents-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.


GRANT, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Joseph Young filed a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against two correctional officers, alleging use of excessive force against him and confinement in an uninhabitable control cell in violation of the Eighth Amendment standard of cruel and unusual punishment. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendants, Sergeant James Rabideau and Officer Stephen Washington, and the court entered judgment...

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