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Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois Jail Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Suit

In a September 16, 2015 ruling, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court had improperly dismissed an Illinois jail prisoner’s failure-to-protect lawsuit based on his refusal to sign a medical release form.

Mario Reyes was a pretrial detainee at the Cook County Jail in Chicago when ...

 

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