# Unit ed Sta tes Cou rt of Appeals For the Seventh Circui t Chic ago, I lli nois 60604 Submi tte d October 25, 2013 * Deci ded October 25, 2013

Before RICHARD A. POS NER, Circ uit Judge DIANE S. S YKES , Circ uit Judge DAVID F. HAMILTON, Circ uit Judge No. 13-2146 WILLIE C. S IMPSO N, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v. TIMOTHY HAI NES, Defen dant-Appellee
. Appeal from the United Stat es Di stric t Court for t he Western Di stric t of Wis consin. No. 11-cv-851-bb c Barbara B. Cr abb, Judge
. ORDER Wi lli e Simp son i s an inmate at the Wisc onsi n Secure Prog ram Faci li ty. I n thi s su i t under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, he alleg es that the warden fai led to pr ote ct hi m from pris on employees who tr i ed to k i ll hi m by pum pi ng pois onous gas i nto his cell through t he ai r vents and i ntercom system. Simps on also alleges that afte r his recent felony conv i cti ons for assaulti ng four pr i son employees, the warden has forced hi m to r emai n i n a housing N O N P R E C E D E N T I A L D I S P O S I T I O N T o b e c i t e d o n l y i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h F e d
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After exami ning the briefs and the recor d, we have conclu ded that o ral * arg ument i s unnecess ary . Thus, the appeal i s submi tte d on the briefsand record. See F E D . R. A P P . P. 34(a) (2)( C).No. 13-2146 Page 2

uni t staffed by those victi ms. Apparently he fears that t hese employees wi ll retaliate. (In addi tion to suing the warden, S i mpson als o bro ught clai ms against more t han 20 pris on employees. He vo luntaril y dis mi ssed h i s cl ai ms against those defendants.) Sim pson’s c omplai nt demands d amages and a transfer to a di fferent prison. The di stric t court g ranted summary j udgment for t he warden. Sim pson’s allegati on that t he warden allowed pri son staff to pump toxicgas i nto hi s celli s preposter ous. At summ ary judgment S i mpson s ubm i tte d no evidenc e that chemi cal agents were used, and thus as the di stric t court noted, t he recor d pai nts a pi cture “vastly di fferent” fro m the allegation i n Sim pson’s c omplai nt. Thi s law sui t is not the fi rst where S i mpson has made the same outlandi sh allegati on about to xicgas. See Simps on v. Walker, No. 11-cv-838-bb c, 2013 WL 1329574 (W.D . Wi s.) ( Compl. ¶ 25), aff’d, No. 13-1720, 2013 WL 4301677 (7th Ci r. 2013); Simps on v. Olson , No. 11-cv-606-bb c (W.D. Wi s. Jan . 13, 2012) (Compl. ¶ 16). Si mpson i s on notic e that future at tempts to recycle this fri vo lous contenti on risk san cti ons. Also frivolous i s Si mpson’s al legation that t he warden i s i gnor i ng a risk of ret ali ation from the employees he assau lted. See He llin g v. McKinn ey, 509 U.S. 25, 33–34 (1993) ( explain i ng that t he Ei ghth Amendment pro tects agains t future harm t o in mates); Curry v. Scott, 249 F.3d 493, 506 (6th Cir. 2001) ( same) . Sim pson submi tte d no evidenc e that he has been threate ned or t reat ed i nappropr i ately by the two g uards and two nurses h e batter ed (i n one i nstance w i th an elbow to t he face an d for t he other s by thro wing excre ment). Speculati on about hi s vi cti ms’ intentions i s not evidenc e that t hey pose a threat
. See Johnson v. Doughty, 433 F.3d 1001, 1012 (7th Cir. 2006) ( explain i ng that “specu lation or conjectur e wi ll not defeat a summary judgment mo tion”). Thus , the di stric t court proper ly gr anted summ ary judgment for the warden. We have consi dered S i mpson’s remaini ng arg uments, b ut none warrant s di scu ssi on. The judgment is AFF IRM ED. Th e outcome of t hi s appeal s hould have been obvious to Sim pson gi ven hi s far-fetch ed allegation about tox i c gas and the lac k of evidenc e to supp or t hi s ass ert i on that t he warden i s subjectin g hi m to possible harm at the hands of pri son staff. Ac cordin gly, t he appeal i s fri vo lous, see Sm eigh v. Johns Manville, Inc. , 643 F.3d 554, 555 (7th Cir. 2011); Grove Fresh Distribs., Inc . v. John Laba tt, Ltd. , 299 F.3d 635, 642 (7th Cir. 2002), and counts as one of S i mpson’s allott ed “strikes,” see 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g ).