8th Amendment Violation

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Dylan Sinn v. Bruce Lemmon, Commissioner, et al.

Case No.: 18-1724

Officials: FLAUM, ROVNER, and SCUDDER, Circuit Judges.

Focus: 8^th Amendment Violation

Plaintiff‐appellant Dylan Sinn was incarcerated within the Indiana Department of Corrections (“IDOC”) from June 2011 to February 2015. In 2014, while an inmate at Putnamville Correctional Facility (“Putnamville”), he suffered injuries from two separate assaults by other inmates. Sinn filed this lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against defendants‐appellees, various prison officials, alleging deliberate indifference in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Sinn appeals the district court’s decision to grant judgment on the pleadings as to Putnamville Sergeant Scott Rodgers and Putnamville Correctional Officer Paul Hoskins, as well as the district court’s decision to grant summary judgment as to John Brush, former Putnamville Unit Manager, Stanley Knight, former Putnamville Superintendent, and Bruce Lemmon, former IDOC Commissioner. We affirm the judgments of the district court in all respects except one: we reverse and remand the district court’s grant of summary judgment as to Brush.

Affirmed in part. Reversed and Remanded in part.

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Derek A. Hawkins is a trademark corporate counsel attorney for Harley-Davidson, where he concentrates his practice on brand protection and strategy.