1st and 8th Amendment Violations

By: Derek Hawkins//October 24, 2018//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Kenneth James Daugherty v. Richard Harrington, et al.

Case No.: 17-3224

Officials: KANNE, SYKES, and ST. EVE, Circuit Judges.

Focus: 1^st and 8^th Amendment Violations

Kenneth James Daugherty, an Illinois state prisoner, claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that prison officials Richard Harrington and Kevin Page conspired to and did violate his First and Eighth Amendment rights while he was incarcerated at the Menard Correctional Center. The district court granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment in its entirety. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Affirmed in part. Reversed and Remanded in part.

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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