Whiting v. Marathon County Sheriff's Dept.

• Position: Prisoner on prisoner assault - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT

Whiting v. Marathon County Sheriff's Dept., 382 F.3d 700 (7th Cir. 2004). A prisoner brought a suit against a sheriff's department, jail officials and guards for allegedly violating her Eighth Amendment rights. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants and the prisoner appealed. The appeals court affirmed, finding that jail officials who had no knowledge of a no-contact order prohibiting a second inmate from contacting the prisoner, were not deliberately...