Johnson v. Purdue

Plaintiff filed a lawsuit alleging that his Eighth Amendment rights were violated because he received deficient medical care while an inmate in a state prison. The district court entered summary judgment in favor of the defendants and plaintiff appealed, arguing that he never received the motions in the prison mail. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, explaining that even if it accepted plaintiff’s contention that he did not receive the motion by mail, under the “unusual circumstances” of the case he had sufficient construction notice of the motions and failed to challenge the merits of the district court’s decision. (HAMILTON and LEE, concurring)