Christopher v. Buss.

• Position: FAILURE TO PROTECT - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

PROTECTION FROM HARM

Christopher v. Buss, 384 F.3d 879 (7th Cir. 2004). A state inmate brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that failure to correct an allegedly defective condition on a prison softball field constituted cruel and unusual punishment. The district court dismissed the case and the inmate appealed. The appeals court affirmed. The court held that an allegedly "protrusive lip" on a softball field, even if it was hazardous when a ball hit it in a certain...