[DOWNLOAD] "James v. Milwaukee County and Franklin Lotter" by United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: James v. Milwaukee County and Franklin Lotter
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Release Date : January 12, 1992
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 73 KB
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FLAUM, Circuit Judge. On April 10, 1988, a dispute erupted between Willie Hannah and Frank James, two inmates at the Milwaukee County House of Correction (HOC). Hannah, the larger of the two men, apparently attacked James over an outstanding gambling debt. In the ensuing struggle, Hannah grabbed James head with his bare hands and broke his neck, rendering him a quadriplegic. James filed suit, not against the perpetrator of this assault, but under 42 U.S.C. ร§ 1983 against Milwaukee County and its prison officials for allowing the assault to occur under their watch. James alleges that the Countys inmate classification system, under which parole violators and probation violators are housed in the same open dormitories without regard to criminal history, is cruel and unusual punishment under the eighth amendment.