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STEADING v. THOMPSON

No. 90-2588.

941 F.2d 498 (1991)

David Mitchell STEADING, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James R. THOMPSON, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 19, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Steading, pro se.

Dan Softcheck, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert G. Toews, Aaron T. Shepley, Lenard C. Swanson, Brian W. Lewis, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD, Jr., EASTERBROOK, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

David Steading, a prisoner of Illinois, objects to the tobacco smoke he encounters in captivity. The asthmatic Steading cannot escape the smoke the guards and his fellow prisoners produce. He filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Governor and officials of the Department of Corrections, seeking both damages and prospective relief on the ground that the presence of smoke in the air is cruel and unusual punishment, offending...

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