Galvan v Sterrett IL Order 2018 '. AO 440 (Rev. 06/12) Summons in a Civil Action UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the Southern District of Illinois ) ) ) ) Anthoney E. Galvan ) ) Plaintiff(s) V. ) ) ) ) ) ) Samuel Sterrett, et al Defendant(s) Civil Action …
Crandall v. Godinez, IL, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTIUCT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD DIVISION CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and General Release is made and entered into this _th day of August 2016, by and between Plaintiff, Marc Crandall, Representative …
Stoces v. Obaisi, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case 3:15-cv-00277-GCS Document 56 Filed 08/26/16 Page 1 of 9 Page ID #259 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS ROBERT STOCES, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) SALEH OBAISI M.D., JILL WAHL M.D., ) DENNIS LARSON, …
Illinois Woman Wins Suit Over Illegal Strip Search by On June 8, 2012, a federal jury found that an Illinois woman had been strip searched by Edgar County Jail staff without probable cause. According to court documents, Angelina Cianfaglione was in her vehicle with her minor son at a McDonald's …
Illinois Wrongful Conviction Suit Settled for $5 Million by Matthew Clarke In June 2012, the Village of Woodridge, Illinois, and several of its police officers settled a case brought by a man who bad been wrongfully convicted of rape due to the suppression and fabrication of evidence twenty years earlier. …
Settlement in Suit Challenging Conditions in Illinois Juvenile Prisons by Matthew Clarke On September 12, 2012, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) helped youth incarcerated in secure Illinois Youth Centers operated by the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) file a class-action federal lawsuit alleging that conditions in the IDJJ …
Seventh Circuit: Jail Officials Entitled to Summary Judgment in Prisoner's Medical Deliberate Indifference Suit by Derek J. Burton filed a federal civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alle6inL officials, including medical personnel, at the Jerome Combs Detention Center, an Illinois jail, were deliberate indifferent to his serious …
Seventh Circuit Holds Contested Absences under FMLA Must Be Litigated Within Two Years of Absence by Illinois Department of Corrections (COC) employee Cindy Barrett was terminates after accruing 12 unauthorized absences over 7 years. DOC subjected employees to termination after accumulating 12 unauthorized absences, but expunged all previous unauthorized absences …
Sheriff May Be Liable for Cell-Check Policy that Led to Teenager’s Suicide by In July 2010, a federal district court in Illinois held that a sheriff may be held liable in his official capacity for instituting a cell-check policy under which guards could not personally observe all detainees during overnight …
Illinois District Court strip-search case survives summary judgment attack by Derek Gilna Plaintiff Angelina Cianfaglione's Fourth Amendment claim alleging an illegal seizure and arrest, excessive force, and an illegal strip and body cavity search that occurred incident to a traffic stop in Edgar County, Illinois has survived a summary judgment …
Federal Appellate Court Finds Contradiction in Lower Court’s Denial of Absolute Immunity to Prosecutor by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has affirmed the lower court’s denial of immunity to one prosecutor and reversed and remanded for reconsideration the denial of immunity to another prosecutor. The U.S. …
Williams v. Obaisi, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case: 1:15-cv-09207 Document #: 35 Filed: 08/25/16 Page 1 of 65 PageID #:395 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION MICHAEL WILLIAMS (#K-65461) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. DR. SALEH OBAISI, WEXFORD HEALTH …
Lyles v. Wexford, IL, Merit Review, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case 3:16-cv-00838-NJR-DGW Document 7 Filed 08/25/16 Page 1 of 14 Page ID #51 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WILLIAM LYLES, #R-29099, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., ) …
Illinois Jail Doctor Leaves Trail of Medical Misery Across Several States by Matthew Clarke A doctor has been associated with the medical maltreatment of multiple jail prisoners across several states during close to two decades of practice. Some of the prisoners died. Yet Dr. Stephen Austin Cullinan of Peoria, Illinois …
Illinois Prisoner Receives $12 Million Jury Award in Medical Neglect Suit by Matthew Clarke On January 18, 2013, an Illinois federal jury awarded an Illinois prisoner $12 Million against an Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) Correctional Medical Technician (CMT) who failed to provide him his anti-seizure medication which allowed him …
T.S. v. Twentieth Century Fox, IL, Class Action Complaint, Juvenile Lockdown Filming, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-08303 Document #: 1 Filed: 08/24/16 Page 1 of 37 PageID #:1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION T.S., a minor by and through his parent and guardian, S.S.; Q.B., …
In Person and Video Visiting, Urbana Champaign Independent Media, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2016 FOR MORE INFORMATION: Brian Dolinar, Program Director, Independent Media Center 217-621-5827, briandolinar@ucimc.org Michelle Jett, State Rep. Carol Ammons 217-531-1660, michelle@staterepcarolammons.com Urbana, IL - In-person contact visits are now legally guaranteed in Illinois prisons, setting …
Williams v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2016 Case: 1:14-cv-00932 Document #: 80 Filed: 08/22/16 Page 1 of 8 PageID #:527 FILE01D 6 8/22/2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION ) MELVIN WILLIAMS (A01181) , ) ) ) ) Plaintiff(s), ) ) Case No. 14CV0932 v. …
Ceraulo v. Zaruba, IL, Amended Complaint, Wrongful Death - Drug Withdrawal, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-01848 Document #: 10 Filed: 08/22/16 Page 1 of 13 PageID #:19 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION TOTUCCIO CERAULO, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of …
$32.75 Million Ends Two Chicago Police Misconduct Cases by On January 16, 2013, the Chicago City Council agreed to pay out $32.75 million to settle two police misconduct cases. One week before the case was set for trial, the City Council agreed to pay $22.5 million — the largest …
