Two hospital patients trapped in their rooms after an inmate escaped and took hostages don’t have a case against the guard who unshackled the detainee, a federal appeals court held.The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled qualified immunity shields former Kane County correctional officer Shawn Loomis from the due process claims the patients brought under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 1983.“A public employee is entitled to immunity in Section 1983 litigation unless, at the time of the …