Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit July 27, 2009, No. 08-1628 (Whaley v. Erickson)

ORDER

Nathaniel Whaley sued several employees of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections after his cellmate poured boiling water on him while he slept. He claimed that the defendants failed to protect him from his cellmate and that they were deliberately indifferent to his need for medical treatment, in violation of the Eighth Amendment.