Dabbs v. Fenoglio, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2014 Case 3:13-cv-00212-SCW Document 45 Filed 04/22/14 Page 1 of 8 Page ID #247 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS CHARLES DABBS, Plaintiff, v. JAMES FENOGLIO, M.D., et al., Defendants, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Burden-Shifting Jury Instruction Requires New Trial in Prisoner's Lawsuit by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered a new trial in a civil rights action that alleges a prisoner was subjected to improper strip searches to humiliate him, then was subjected to an “especially protracted, gratuitous and humiliating strip …
Zeigler v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2014 Case: 1:13-cv-01929 Document #: 52 Filed: 03/20/14 Page 1 of 20 PageID #:166 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION RAYMOND ZEIGLER, Plaintiff, vs. WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., DR. IMHOTEP CARTER, and ALETHEA HARPER, RN, Defendants. ) …
Velazquez v. Kane County Jail, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2014 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE Jose Velazquez v. Kane County Jail Adult Judicial Center et al., ND IL Case No. 13 C 644 This Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release ("Agreement'') is made as of March 20, 2014, between Jose Velazquez …
PLRA Does Not Permit Waiver of Court-ordered Answer by An Illinois federal district court has condemned a practice employed by the Illinois Attorney General when representing defendants in lawsuits brought by prisoners. The district court concluded that a motion for leave to waive an answer is unnecessary, and that the …
Seventh Circuit Upholds Removal of Prisoner’s Dreadlocks by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that an Illinois prisoner’s religious rights were not violated when prison officials required him to cut off his dreadlocks to be transported to a court hearing. Peter A. Lewis, incarcerated at the Dixon Correctional …
Former Detainee Alleges Unconstitutional Conditions at Illinois Jail, Accepts $7,501 Judgment by On April 24, 2013, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a former pretrial detainee at the Edgar County Jail (ECJ) in Illinois stated a claim concerning unconstitutional conditions of confinement at the facility. The appellate court …
Degorski v. Wilson, IL, Judgment, Jail Beating, 2014 1:04-cv-03367 ILND 450 (Rev. Case: 10/13) Judgment in a Civil Action Document #: 195 Filed: 03/12/14 Page 1 of 1 PageID #:634 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS James Degorski, Plaintiff(s), Case No. 04 cv 3367 …
Williams v. Godinez, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2014 Case: 1:13-cv-08797 Document #: 15 Filed: 03/07/14 Page 1 of 15 PageID #:393 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION FREDDIE LEE WILLIAMS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) DIRECTOR OF I.D.O.C. S.A. …
Britt v. Anderson et al, IL, Order - City of Chicago, police unlawful seizure of photos, 2014 Britt v. Anderson et al Doc. 19 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION LEMIA BRITT, Plaintiff, v. OFFICER JEROME L. ANDERSON, Star No. 3712, a …
Throgmorton v. Hulett, IL, Complaint, Strip Search, 2014 3:12-cv-03087-JEH # 73 Filed: 02/17/14 Page 1 of 19 E-FILED Monday, 17 February, 2014 04:21:28 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, SPRINGFIELD DIVISION BEVERLY THROGMORTON, DELORES HENRY, PATRICIA PHILLIPS, and JACQUELINE HEGWOOD, …
Reflections on the No More Jails Campaign in Champaign County, Illinois by James Kilgore When we began our campaign to stop jail construction in Champaign County, Illinois in early 2012, I thought we were doomed. The grand plan to spend $20 million on this project seemed like a done deal. …
Cebertowicz v. Godinez, IL, Merit Review, Religious Worship, 2014 1:13-cv-01579-MMM-JAG # 10 Page 1 of 3 E-FILED Friday. 1.:1 February 2014 01 :41.30 PrA Clerk, U S District Coun. ILCD U>-:ITED STA TES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILUNOIS KENNETH CEBERTOWICZ. Plaintiff, l 3-l 579 vs. SAL VA.DOR GODINEZ, et.al., …
Ruiz-Cortez v. City of Chicago, IL, Complaint, False Prosecution, 2014 Case: 1:11-cv-01420 Document #: 131 Filed: 02/13/14 Page 1 of 19 PageID #:581 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION REFUGIO RUIZ-CORTEZ, Plaintiff, Case No. 11-cv-01420 Hon. Harry D. Leinenweber v. CITY OF …
Markadonatos v. Village Woolridge, IL, Opinion, Jail Booking Fees, 2014 In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit No. 12-2619 JERRY G. MARKADONATOS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VILLAGE OF WOODRIDGE, Defendant-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 11-CV-7006 — …
Davidson v Walsh IL Settlement Med Neglect b~Cl()-TSl3l/ 'C-lf f32S (£) 05590-T5134 KEF FULL AND FINAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS TO INCLUDE ALL FEES. COSTS AND EXPENSES FOR THE SOLE AND ONLY CONSIDERATION of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) paid by and on behalf of Defendant DANIEL WALSH, Individually and in …
Hidden Agenda Fuels Challenge to Pivotal Death Penalty Case by David Protess Anthony Porter, the exonerated death row prisoner whose jubilant release from prison in February 1999 was the catalyst for abolishing the death penalty in Illinois, is back in the news after living in relative obscurity for years. A …
Religious Diet Qualified Immunity Test Outlined by Seventh Circuit by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that when determining whether a prison official is entitled to qualified immunity for refusing a prisoner’s request for a religious diet, the district court must determine whether the official used the tenets …
Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Prisoner's Law Library Access Claim by Derek Gilna Illinois state prisoner Brian Burd filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint for damages in 2010, alleging that officials at the Sheridan Correctional Center had denied him reasonable access to the facility’s law library; consequently, he was …
Davis v. Moroney, IL, Merit Review, Excessive Force, 2014 1:13-cv-01462-SLD-JAG # 6 Page 1 of 4 E-FILED Monday. 13 January 2014 04:08:58 PM C:erk. U.S. District Court, ILCD 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS PEORIA DIVISION MICHAEL DA VIS, Plaintiff, vs. DONALD MORONEY, et al., Defendants. ) …
