U.S. District Court: OUTDOOR EXERCISE.

Delaney v. Detella, 123 F.Supp.2d 429 (N.D.Ill. 2000). A prison inmate filed a [sections] 1983 action against a warden and other correctional officials alleging that denial of exercise opportunities during a six-month lockdown violated his Eighth Amendment rights. The district court denied summary judgment for the defendants, finding that denial of out-of-cell exercise for six months presented a cognizable [sections] 1983 claim. The only out-of-cell opportunities offered to the inmate were for weekly...