U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2015

The court affirmed summary judgment on D.S.’s due-process claim because she did not produce evidence that school officials created or increased the danger of bullying, and the conduct she identified did not meet the required constitutional threshold.

The Seventh Circuit held that Perez’s pro se complaint plausibly alleged Eighth Amendment deliberate-indifference claims against prison medical staff, administrators, grievance officials, and the prison healthcare contractor, as well as a First Amendment retaliation claim.