Brown v. Hackney, IL, Response to Motion to Dismiss, Failure to Treat-Medical, 2022 3:21-cv-03197-CSB # 36 Page 1 of 7 E-FILED Friday, 28 October, 2022 12:43:21 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD 049043/21061/JNR/BJT UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, SPRINGFIELD DIVISION REGINALD BROWN, Plaintiff, v. Case Number 21-cv-3197 …
Brown v. Nawoor, IL, Motion for Dismissal, Failure to Treat-Medical, 2022 3:21-cv-03197-CSB # 35 Page 1 of 4 E-FILED Friday, 21 October, 2022 01:21:42 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD DIVISION REGINALD E. BROWN, Plaintiff, v. Case …
Thompson v. Baldwin, IL, Opinion, Censorship, 2022 3:18-cv-03230-SEM-KLM # 83 Page 1 of 30 E-FILED Tuesday, 11 October, 2022 01:38:11 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD DIVISION HEATHER ANN THOMPSON, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Third Illinois Guard Found Guilty In Fatal Beating of Handcuffed State Prisoner, but Attorney General Refuses To Settle With Family by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 23, 2022, a jury convicted the last of three ex-prison guards indicted in the fatal beating of a prisoner at Western Illinois …
$1,050,000 Settlement Reached in Disabled Illinois Prisoner’s ADA Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After a verdict was returned by a federal jury in favor of a disabled Illinois prisoner against the state Department of Corrections (DOC), the parties reached a settlement agreement for $1,050,000 — inclusive of …
$15,150 Paid by Illinois for Neglect and Harassment of Three State Prisoners by David Reutter by David Reutter Mistreatment of three prisoners held by the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) cost the state over $15,000 to settle their claims in separate agreements completed during 2021. On August 12, 2021, a …
$6,500 Paid by Illinois DOC to Settle Three Prisoner’s Mistreatment Claims by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Proving that even a small victory is still a victory, a trio of Illinois prisoners accepted a total of $6,500 to settle separate claims they were mistreated while in custody of the …
Seventh Circuit Lets Wexford Skate from “Appalling” Treatment of Illinois Prisoner With Painful Anal Abscess and Fistula by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss After an Illinois prisoner developed a painful anal abscess and fistula, his medical care was “appalling” and the prison healthcare system was “dysfunctional.” But that’s just …
Federal Court Says Illinois Statute Barring More Than One Sex Offender per Address Is Unconstitutional by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 11, 2022, the federal court for the Northern District of Illinois enjoined the state Department of Corrections (DOC) from keeping 25 sex offenders imprisoned who were eligible …
News in Brief by Alabama: A federal prisoner in Birmingham was gunned down outside a privately-operated reentry facility on July 16, 2022. The Associated Press reported that the prisoner, Larry Taylor, 47, had just been released from the facility, which is operated under contract from the federal Bureau of Prisons …
Monkeypox Discovered in Chicago Jail by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart Officials say the danger to general population and staff in Chicago’s Cook County Jail is low following a case of monkeypox there that was announced on July 21, 2022. The office of Sheriff Tom Dart said that the infected …
Seventh Circuit Says No Evidence Illinois Prisoner Lied About Endangerment to Circumvent PLRA’s Three-Strikes Rule by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 1, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that a district court committed clear error when it found that a severely mentally ill …
Lippert v. Jeffreys, IL, Notice of Docket Entry, Inadequate Medical-Dental Care, 2022 Case: 1:10-cv-04603 Document #: 1577 Filed: 08/05/22 Page 1 of 2 PageID #:23473 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE Northern District of Illinois − CM/ECF NextGen 1.6.3 Eastern Division Don Lippert, et al. Plaintiff, v. Case No.: 1:10−cv−04603 …
$1,425,000 Paid to Epileptic Illinois Detainee Denied Medication Who Suffered Seizure and Fell From Upper Bunk in Jail by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins On December 26, 2021, a federal court dismissed a lawsuit filed by an epileptic former Illinois jail detainee after he accepted $1,425,000 to settle claims that …
COVID-19’s Impact on Prisoners Far Worse Than It Needed to Be by Kevin Bliss, Edward Lyon by Kevin Bliss and Ed Lyon In September 2021, a year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, the nonprofit research and advocacy group Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) gave a failing grade to 42 …
News in Brief by Alabama:The Birmingham News reported that a jail guard in Mobile was arrested on May 17, 2022, for smuggling adult movies intoMobile County Metro Jail. The guard, Fredrick Johnson, 37, was charged with 21 counts of promoting contraband that included a camera, phone chargers, and flash drives, …
Illinois Counties Fail in Challenge to State Statutory Ban on ICE Detention Contracts by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In a decision handed down on December 6, 2021, a federal court in Illinois decided that the Constitution’s proscription against the federal government’s efforts to “commandeer” functions that rightfully belong to …
Seventh Circuit Refuses to Hold Wexford Liable for Prisoner’s Pain from Medical Transports in “Black Box” Restraint by David Reutter David M. Reutter For prison officials and healthcare providers who refused to grant an Illinois prisoner an exemption from wearing “black box restraints” during medical transport, a federal district court …
Richard v. Pfister, IL, Satisfaction of Judgment, Denial of Medical Care, 2022 Case: 1:17-cv-04677 Document #: 217 Filed: 07/06/22 Page 1 of 3 PageID #:2603 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION WILLIAM H. RICHARD, Plaintiff, No. 17 C 4677 v. Hon. Judge Thomas M. …
Seventh Circuit Vacates $8 Million Award to Illinois Prisoner Whose Cancer Metastasized Awaiting Wexford Doctors’ “Collegial Review” by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 8, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied a petition for the full court to rehear en banc a decision …
