United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit No. 19-2065 KELLY D. EBMEYER, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

ADAM BROCK, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. No. 4:16-cv-04056-SEM-TSH — Sue E. Myerscough, Judge.

ARGUED NOVEMBER 13, 2020 — DECIDED AUGUST 25, 2021

Before FLAUM, ROVNER, and BRENNAN, Circuit Judges. ROVNER, Circuit Judge. Kelly D. Ebmeyer sued several prison officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of the Eighth Amendment. The district court ultimately dismissed the suit with prejudice as a sanction for Ebmeyer’s litigation conduct related to his attempts to identify one of the prison employee defendants. Because the court failed to make the 2 No. 19-2065 necessary findings to support this sanction, we vacate and remand for further proceedings. We also affirm the court’s grant of summary judgment to other defendants.