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Smentek v. Cook County, IL, Second Amended Complaint - Inmate Dental Care (2010) IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION John Smentek, Malcolm Patton, Melvin Phillips, Rodell Sanders and Frank Powicki, individually and for all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, -vsSheriff of Cook County …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
Housing Mentally Ill Violent Offender in Nursing Home Leads to Rape by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 16, 2009, a 21-year-old mentally ill man with a long history of violent crimes raped a 69-year-old woman housed in the same Illinois nursing home. Christopher Shelton, 21, suffers from bipolar …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
Illinois Jail Agrees to Pay $290,000 & Annuity Payments to Settle Excessive Force Suit by Illinois Jail Agrees to Pay $290,000 & Annuity Payments to Settle Excessive Force Suit Tazewell County, Illinois has agreed to settle an excessive force suit for $290,000 and annual annuity payments. Charles Chandler was taken …
Article • May 15, 2010
7th Circuit Denies Habeas Relief of Illinois Prisoner’s Good-Conduct Revocation by On October 22, 2009, the 7th Circuit affirmed an Illinois district court’s ruling denying habeas corpus relief to state prisoner, Lasard Lucas. During 20 years of incarceration, from 1985 to 2005, Lucas lost more than 12 years of good-conduct …
Seventh Circuit Reverses Class Certification in Cook County Jail Case by On September 8, 2008, the Seventh Circuit court of appeals reversed an Illinois federal district court's class certification in a suit over delay in the release of an arrestee while family members were attempting to post bond. Robert Harper …
Brief • May 6, 2010
Cage v CPD, IL, Complaint, police misconduct wrongful conviction, 2010 Case 1:09-cv-03078 Document 37 Filed 05/06/10 Page 1 of 18 Case 1:09-cv-03078 Document 37 Filed 05/06/10 Page 2 of 18 Case 1:09-cv-03078 Document 37 Filed 05/06/10 Page 3 of 18 Case 1:09-cv-03078 Document 37 Filed 05/06/10 Page 4 of 18 …
Rendon v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Wrongful Death, 2010 Case: 1:10-cv-01590 Document #: 44 Filed: 04/30/10 Page 1 of 32 PageID #:191 09-17 KJG: car UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JANET RENDON, Independent Administrator ) of the Estate of CAROL CZUBERNAT ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) …
Schoger v. Obaisi, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2010 Case: 1:10-cv-02659 Document #: 1 Filed: 04/29/10 Page 1 of 18 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION MARK SCHOGER, Plaintiff, vs. No. ________________ SALEH OBAISI, MD and WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., Defendants. …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Illinois Prisoners Sue over Soy-Based Food by Brandon Sample Prisoners at the Danville Correctional Center in Illinois have sued the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) in federal court over the predominantly soy-based diet they are served. According to the Weston A. Price Foundation, which promotes the consumption of whole, traditional …
Illinois Prison Doctor Liable for Failing to Treat Testicular Cysts by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals remanded a civil rights action that claimed a prison doctor’s care was deliberately indifferent to an ex-Illinois prisoner’s serious medical needs. The Court, however, affirmed dismissal as …
Son, Wife of U.S. Congressmen Get Prison Time by Brandon Sample Jeffrey M. Rush, the son of U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.), was sentenced in October 2008 to serve six months behind bars plus three years on probation for having sex with female prisoners at the Fox Valley Adult …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Illinois Prison Officials Fail to Report MRSA Infections by Recognizing that Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is rampant in Illinois’ prison system, and that MRSA poses a threat to guards and visitors as well as prisoners, Illinois legislators enacted a law, effective March 3, 2008, that requires prison officials to …
Cook County Strip, Body Cavity Searches Held Unconstitutional; Other Suits Pending by Brandon Sample On February 23, 2009, U.S. District Court Judge Matthew F. Kennelly granted partial summary judgment to the plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit challenging certain strip and visual body cavity searches conducted at Illinois’ Cook County …
Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010
Illinois Prisoners Bilked Out of Millions Through DOC Commissary Surcharges by Joseph R. Dole Few prisoners would be shocked to learn that they are paying too much for items sold in prison commissaries or canteens. The Illinois Dept. of Corrections (IDOC), however, has taken commissary price-gouging to an extreme level. …
Article • February 15, 2010 • from PLN February, 2010
Swine Flu Widespread in Prisons and Jails, but Deaths are Few by David Reutter by David M. Reutter For hundreds of years the cramped, overcrowded and often filthy confines of dungeons, prisons, jails and other places of imprisonment have served as incubators for infectious diseases, which have killed more prisoners …
Mahdi v. Wexford, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2010 Case 3:10-cv-00123-MJR-SCW Document 3-1 Filed 02/12/10 Page 1 of 19 Page ID #9 • , •·• IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE S/CQND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT JEFFERSO N COUNTY, ILLIJ'!plS ,A- MM A- I< 1\1\f'tf-ffi I (l~ CJC(-L ~ G'3 No ............................... .. …
Brief • January 25, 2010
Vodak et al v. City of Chicago et al, IL, Plf Objection to Def Bill of Costs, police protest settlements, 2009 Order Form (01/2005) Case 1:03-cv-02463 Document 608-1 Filed 01/25/10 Page 1 of 4 United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois Name of Assigned Judge or Magistrate Judge Virginia …
BOP Settles FTCA Abuse/Religious Discrimination Suit for $48,000 by Brandon Sample O n August 12, 2009, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) agreed to settle a lawsuit by a Muslim former prisoner who alleged that he was tortured and beaten after complaining to investigators about his Quar’an and Kufi being …
Seventh Circuit Upholds $9,063,000 Award to Illinois Ex-Prisoner Exonerated by DNA by Brandon Sample On December 30, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld a $9,063,000 jury award to a former prisoner, later exonerated by DNA evidence, whose criminal trial was rendered unfair by a police …
Inhumane Illinois Cell Conditions Defeat Summary Judgment by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that guards are not entitled to qualified immunity for confining a prisoner in inhumane conditions. That ruling came on the heels of a district court’s order granting summary judgment to two guards at Illinois’ …
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