Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit March 3, 1998, 97-2009 (Anibal Soto v. David Johansen)

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TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

While Anibal Soto was an inmate at the Pontiac (Illinois) Correctional Center, he refused to pay “cell rent” to certain inmate/gang members, who did not take his refusal lightly. After he was assaulted for his failure to pay up, Soto filed an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that six prison employees did not adequately protect him.