Boyce v. Moore.

PositionFAILURE TO PROTECT - Violation of United States Constitution. 8th Amendment - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

PRISONER ON PRISONER ASSAULT

Boyce v. Moore, 314 F.3d 884 (7th Cir. 2002). A pro se prisoner in a county jail brought a [section] 1983 action alleging violation of his Eighth Amendment rights by officials who failed to protect him from attacks by fellow prisoners. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants and the prisoner appealed. The appeals court affirmed, finding that the prisoner failed to establish that jail supervisors were aware of a risk of harm...

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