1st and 8th Amendment Violations.

Byline: Derek Hawkins

7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Kenneth James Daugherty v. Richard Harrington, et al.

Case No.: 17-3224

Officials: KANNE, SYKES, and ST. EVE, Circuit Judges.

Focus: 1st and 8th Amendment Violations

Kenneth James Daugherty, an Illinois state prisoner, claims under 42 U.S.C. 1983 that prison officials Richard Harrington and Kevin Page conspired to and did violate his First and Eighth Amendment rights while he was incarcerated at the Menard Correctional Center. The district court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment in its entirety. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Affirmed in part. Reversed and Remanded in part.

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