Doe v. Clavijo, IL, Complaint, on duty police sexual assault, 2011 Case: 1:11-cv-03502 Document #: 1 Filed: 05/25/11 Page 1 of 11 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION JANE DOE, Plaintiff, v. Chicago Police Officer PAUL CLAVIJO, Chicago Police Officer JUAN VASQUEZ, …
Judge Denies Attorney’s Fees to Prevailing Defendant by U.S. Magistrate Judge John A. Gorman has denied a request for attorney’s fees and sanctions against a plaintiff who brought an unsuccessful civil rights action. Defendant Advanced Correctional Healthcare Inc. had argued that it was entitled to attorney’s fees because the plaintiff’s …
Rashoo et al v. Walker et al, IL, Second Amended Complaint, Medical Negligence, 2011 1:07-cv-01298-MMM # 95 Page 1 of 27 E-FILED Friday, 29 April, 2011 10:56:38 AM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS PEORIA DIVISION ) ) ) …
Seventh Circuit Remands Illinois “Crutch Policy” Case; District Court to Evaluate Class Certification for Damages by Mark Wilson The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s denial of class certification for injunctive relief, but remanded for further consideration of class certification for damages in an Illinois jail medical …
Medical Malpractice Damages Caps Unconstitutional in Illinois by On February 4, 2010, the Illinois Supreme Court filed its opinion invalidating Public Act 94-677 (Act) and, more specifically, section 2-1706.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure, which sets caps on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice suits. This appeal stems from a …
A Convict's Odyssey - The journey of Mark Clements, a victim of torture by former Chicago PD officer Jon Burge by Steve Bogira A Convict's Odyssey When he was 16, Mark Clements talked his way into four life sentences. Twenty-eight years later, he talked his way out. By Steve Bogira …
Non-Parties Can’t Get Discovery that was Never Filed with Court by Non-parties do not have standing to seek disclosure of discovery that was never filed with the court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit decided November 10, 2009. Jamie Kalven, an independent journalist, sought to lift a …
Norwood v. Zhang, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2011 Case: 1:10-cv-03143 Document #: 40 Filed: 03/25/11 Page 1 of 7 PageID #:272 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHER DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION WILLIE NORWOOD, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, …
Summary Judgment for Illinois Jail Nurse Reversed in Wrongful Death Suit by Brandon Sample The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed a grant of summary judgment in favor of a nurse at Illinois’ Peoria County Jail (PCJ) who was accused of providing deliberately indifferent medical care to …
Illinois Guard’s Wrongful Termination Suit Dismissed; Guard Terminated for Sex with Prisoners by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a Black Illinois guard’s wrongful termination action. In March or April 2003, Nicole Burns, a female detainee at the Cook County, Illinois jail reported that …
Illinois Guard Terminated for Sex with Prisoners; Wrongful Termination Suit Dismissed by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of an Illinois African-American guard’s wrongful termination action. In March or April 2003, Nicole Burns, a female detainee at the Cook County, Illinois jail reported that guards …
Criticism of a PLRA IFP Provisions by Judge Issued in Order by A frustrated U.S. District Judge Milton Shadur issued critical comments about the Prison Litigation Reform Acts (PLRA) filing fee assessment/collection procedures on March 16, 2010. The order came in a 42U.S.C. §1983 suit by Maurice Sanders. Sanders was …
Mrdak v. Sood, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2011 Case: 1:11-cv-01745 Document #: 1 Filed: 03/14/11 Page 1 of 21 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION STAR MRDAK, as next friend of JOSEPH SCHAEFER, Plaintiff, No. ________________ vs. KUL BIR SOOD, …
Transexual Prisoner Management Directive Cook County IL ISSUANCE DATE EFFECTIVE DATE NO. 21 MAR 11 64.5.43.0 COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS INTERAGENCY DIRECTIVE SUBJECT 07 MAR 11 DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT OF INMATES WITH GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER G RELATED DIRECTIVES I. RESCINDS AMENDS PURPOSE This Interagency Directive establishes guidelines and procedures for housing, clothing, …
Illinois Supermax Placement Procedures Unconstitutional by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Illinois federal district court has held that existing Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) procedures for placing prisoners at the Tamms Correctional Center (Tamms) are inadequate to protect the liberty interest of IDOC prisoners to avoid confinement at …
Seventh Circuit Holds That A Prisoner’s Verbal Complaints About Racist Guards May Be Protected Speech by Retaliation for verbally complaining about a prison guard who hung a noose where prisoners could see it, the Seventh Circuit has held, may constitute an infringement of a prisoner’s First Amendment free speech rights. …
Federal Prisoner’s Death at FCI Pekin Triggers FBI Investigation by Derek Gilna The November 13, 2009 death of Adam Montoya, a prisoner at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Pekin, Illinois, resulted in an investigation by the FBI. The Associated Press (AP) reported that “an autopsy concluded that the 36-year-old …
Seventh Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for Guard in Illinois Jail Taser Case by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed a grant of summary judgment for a guard who Tasered a federal pre-sentencing detainee at the Jerome Combs Detention Center in Kankakee County, Illinois. The prisoner alleged …
United States v. Cook County, IL, Prisoner Release Order, Inhumane Jail Conditions & Overcrowding, 2011 Case: 1:10-cv-02946 Document #: 62 Filed: 01/11/11 Page 1 of 7 PageID #:1094 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION ________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) No. 10 C 2946 …
Fox v Peters, IL, Complaint, Withhold Seizure Medication Permanent Damage, 2010 Case: Case:1:09-cv-05453 1:09-cv-05453Document Document#:#:106-1 109 Filed: Filed:12/23/10 12/17/10Page Page11ofof25 25PageID PageID#:627 #:600 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EASTERN DIVISION RAY A. FOX, by and through his Guardian, ROSE FOX, ) ) ) …
