$4.1 Million Settlement for Cook County Jail Prisoners Shacked During Labor by Cook County Illinois has agreed to pay a $4.1 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit that challenged the shackling of pregnant prisoners at the Cook County Jail during labor, delivery or after giving birth, from December 4, 2006 …
7th Circuit Reaffirms Voluntariness of BOP’s Inmate Financial Responsibility Program by Derek Gilna In a ruling of significance to the approximately 218,000 prisoners in the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), the Seventh Circuit has reaffirmed that a federal prisoner cannot be ordered by his or her sentencing court to participate in …
Illinois Woman Awarded $70,000 for Strip Search Based on Canine Alert by On June 28, 2012, an Illinois federal jury awarded a woman $70,000 for a strip search that occurred after a drug detection canine alerted on her car following a traffic stop for an unrelated warrant for failure to …
Chicago Police Hit with Big Judgment and “Code of Silence” Finding by Derek Gilna Chicago Police have a difficult and dangerous job, but also a heavy responsibility to hold themselves accountable to follow the same laws they are sworn to uphold. In the case of Karolina Obrycka, a diminutive tavern …
Dismissal for Inability to Pay Monetary Sanctions Reversed by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal for failure to pay a $9,055.14 attorney fee sanction against an indigent Plaintiff. Bruce A. Williams brought federal suit against four Illinois police officers for false arrest and excessive force. He alleged …
Seventh Circuit Affirms Imprisonment Does Not Promote Correction and Rehabilitation by Derek Gilna The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the above-guidelines sentence wherein the sentencing judge stated he wanted the defendant to "get mental health treatment." In so ruling, the Seventh Circuit followed the case of Tapia v. United …
Seventh Circuit Rules for State Officials in Prisoner Medical Co-pay Dispute by Derek Gilna The Seventh Circuit has upheld the district court dismissal of prisoner Peter Poole III’s complaint again the Big Muddy River Correctional Center in downstate Illinois over its refusal to waive what he felt was an unnecessary …
Watkins v. Ghosh, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2013 Case: 1:11-cv-01880 Document #: 148 Filed: 03/12/13 Page 1 of 7 PageID #:1155 #12078 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ERIC WATKINS, Plaintiff, v. PARTHA GHOSH MD, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Lee v. Shepler, IL, Ruling on Summary Judgment Motion, Failure to Protect, 2013 4: 11-cv-04064-SLD-JAG # 56 Page 1 of 8 E-FILED Tuesday, 05 March, 2013 02:38:13 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS LINCOLN LEE, Plaintiff, vs. 11-4064, JAY SHEPLER, et. al. …
Kuri v. City of Chicago, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2013 Case: 1:13-cv-01653 Document #: 1 Filed: 03/04/13 Page 1 of 14 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION ANTHONY KURI, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) THE CITY OF CHICAGO, ) …
Foster v. Ghosh, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2013 Case: 1:11-cv-05623 Document #: 76 Filed: 02/26/13 Page 1 of 6 PageID #:196 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION TONY FOSTER, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, …
Tenth Circuit: Terrorism Prisoners Lack Liberty Interest in Transfer to ADX by Derek Gilna Omar Rezaq, Mohammed Saleh, El-Sayyid Nosair and Ibrahim Elgabrowny, convicted of terrorism-related offenses and confined at the federal supermax ADX facility in Florence, Colorado, filed suit contending they had a liberty interest in “avoiding transfer without …
Seventh Circuit Approves Illinois Prison’s Rejection of PDR and Drug Guide by On March 9, 2012, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a prisoner’s civil rights action that alleged violation of his constitutional rights due to the censorship of two books by prison officials. James Munson, …
Illinois: Current Insurer Must Pay Wrongful Conviction Award after Exoneration by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a federal district court’s determination “that, under Illinois law, the issuer of the policy in force on the date a convict is exonerated must defend and indemnify an insured whose law-enforcement …
Markadonatos v. Village Woolridge, IL, Pltf. Appeal Brief, Jail Booking Fees, 2013 Case: 12-2619 Document: 22 Filed: 02/11/2013 Pages: 106 No. 12-2619 _____________________________________________________________________________ IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT _____________________________________________________________________________ JERRY G. MARKADONATOS, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VILLAGE …
Lakics v. Zaruba, IL, Complaint, Employment Discrimination, 2013 Case: 1:09-cv-06929 Document #: 88 Filed: 02/01/13 Page 1 of 13 PageID #:2350 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION SUSAN LAKICS ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, …
Mitter v. County of DuPage, IL, Complaint, Employment Discrimination - Disability, 2013 Case: 1:13-cv-00841 Document #: 1 Filed: 02/01/13 Page 1 of 13 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION HANNAH MITTER, Plaintiff, v. COUNTY OF DUPAGE and DR. BLAIN CUSACK …
Mitts v. Shicker, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2013 Case 3:11-cv-00398-JPG-PMF Document 78 Filed 01/22/13 Page 1 of 10 Page ID #509 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS JOECEPHUS MITTS, #N-83084 Plaintiff, v. LOUIS SHICKER, DENNIS LARSON, JILL WAHL, CHRISTINE BROWN, NIKKI MALLEY Defendants. ) …
Fox v Peters, IL, Judgment, Withhold Seizure Medication Permanent Damage, 2013 Case: 1:09-cv-05453 Document #: 444 Filed: 01/18/13 Page 1 of 1 PageID #:5396 AO 450 (Rev. 01/09) Judgment in a Civil Action UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the Northern District of Illinois Fox Plaintiff v. Barnes et al. Defendant …
Cook County, Illinois Lowers Jail Phone Rates by Mel Motel On December 18, 2012, the Board of Commissioners for Cook County, Illinois voted to lower the outrageous cost of telephone calls made by prisoners at the Cook County Jail. The county has a contract with Securus Technologies, which operates phone …
