In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 17-1393 THOMAS WAYNE LOVELACE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TODD MCKENNA, LES YEPSEN, and DARRIN SMITH, Defendants-Appellees. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Western Division. No. 13 CV 04299 -- Iain D. Johnston, Magistrate Judge. ____________________ ARGUED MARCH 28, 2018 -- DECIDED JULY 3, 2018 ____________________ Before EASTERBROOK, KANNE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges. KANNE, Circuit Judge. Thomas Lovelace alleges that correc- tional officers at Dixon Correctional Center severely beat him while he was transferred between housing units. Lovelace sued the officers in federal court, claiming they used excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment and bringing ad- ditional state-law claims. After a four-day trial in January 2017, a jury returned a verdict in favor of the officers on all of Lovelace's claims. Now, Lovelace argues that the district court 2 No. 17-1393 committed two evidentiary errors that affected the outcome of the trial. Because the district court properly exercised its discretion, we affirm. I. BACKGROUND On November 6, 2011, Lovelace and a fellow inmate at Dixon Correctional Center fought over colored pencils. As a result, correctional officers handcuffed Lovelace and walked him to a transportation van to be taken to the segregation unit. Once in the van, Lovelace kicked his foot through its window. During his case-in-chief, Lovelace offered his version of what happened next. He testified that Officers Todd McKenna and Les Yepsen carried him out of the van and slammed his face into the ground. Lovelace was then placed inside another van, where officers continued to beat him. Once at the segre- gation unit, Officer Darrin Smith approached Lovelace and punched him in the ribs. After placing Lovelace in a cell, cor- rectional officers removed his clothes and continued the as- sault. They then left Lovelace for several hours without cloth- ing or bedding. Lovelace asserted that the beating resulted in long-lasting injuries. He testified that his eye was swollen shut and black- ened, that his ribs were bruised, and that he had back pain. He presented evidence from his medical providers to corrob- orate his story. A nurse's outpatient notes from November 6, 2011, indicate that Lovelace self-reported that he needed pain medication and that he had a bruise. The next day, the nurse's examination revealed tenderness on the right side of Love- lace's face. Lovelace also reported back pain, and the nurse gave him ibuprofen. On November 8, a physician's assistant increased the ibuprofen dosage after Lovelace reported that