Shaheed v. USA, IL, Amended Complaint, Muslim Mistreatment, 2008 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS Hakeem Shaheed, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) United States of America, Michael K. Nalley, ) Regional Director of the North Central Region of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, …
Phipps v. Sheriff Cook County, IL, Joint Protective Order, Disabled Prisoners, 2008 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Derrick Phipps, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) vs. ) ) Sheriff of Cook County and Cook County, ) ) ) Defendants ) …
Phipps v. Sheriff Cook County, IL, Amended Complaint, Disabled Prisoners, 2008 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Derrick Phipps, et al., Plaintiffs, -vs- Sheriff of Cook County, and Cook County, Illinois, Defendants. ) ) ) ) No. 07 CV 3889 ) Judge …
Two BOP Guards, One Beaten Prisoner: One Guilty Plea, One Acquittal by Disparate outcomes resulting from charges brought against two federal prison guards accused of assaulting a prisoner reveal the public’s lackluster attitude toward such abuse. The charges stemmed from the Sept. 29, 2004 beating of prisoner John Clark, who …
“Hot Bunking” at Cook County Jail Could Violate Consent Decree by In December 2007, to alleviate the problem of prisoners sleeping on the floor due to chronic overcrowding, Illinois’ Cook County Jail started “hot bunking.” The practice entails prisoners taking turns sleeping in the same bed in shifts. Each prisoner …
$100,000 Settlement in Illinois Jail Guard’s Forced Oral Sex of Female Prisoner by To settle a prisoner’s equal protection claim based upon sexual harassment, Illinois’ Tazewell County has agreed to pay the prisoner $100,000. The same prisoner also had consensual sex with another off-duty guard, resulting in his firing. The …
Maryland State Damages Cap Trumps Federal Awards For 11 Year Old Paraplegic by Davita Carter, an 11 year old resident of Illinois and a Marine veteran's daughter, appealed the damages reduction awarded her in 2000 after surgery left her a paraplegic. The federal court's award was dictated by Maryland State …
Illinois "Occupational License" Clause Exempts Liquor Licensee's Criminal Background From Disclosure by The City of Springfield (Illinois) appealed a 1985 court production order for criminal background information regarding liquor licensee Donald Jackson, Jr., requested under the State's Freedom of Information Act (Act) by The Copley Press, Inc. (Press). The order …
$200,000 Injury Damages For Illinois Juvenile Prisoner Reduced To $40,000 For Total Versus Individual Award Confusion by 15 year old Illinois Youth Center (IYC) prisoner Jeffrey Watts brought federal action against several IYC employees for cruel and unusual punishment in failure to protect after fellow prisoner Derrick Greaves allegedly attacked …
No Liberty Interest in Illinois Segregation by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of an Illinois prisoner’s due process and retaliation claims, finding that his allegations “effectively plead him out of court.” Illinois prisoner Christopher Lekas “cultivated a relationship on ‘friendly terms’ with Tyone Murray, a female …
Police Chief Only Responsible If He Knows Danger Of Jail Suicide; Jury Award Vacated by On March 10, 1989, the Appellate Court of Illinois held that a police chief could not be held responsible for a jail suicide even if the chief promulgated a policy of not giving intoxicated arrestees …
Inadequate Medical Care in Chicago Jail Slip and Fall Nets $25,000 by An Illinois prisoner who was injured when he fell on a wet floor was awarded $25,000. Mr. Reed, a 46-year-old prisoner at the Cook County Jail, fell on a wet floor and struck an exposed bolt. He “suffered …
$900,000 Settlement in Illinois Jail Guard’s Sexual Assault of Juvenile by Another case of sexual abuse upon a minor by a custodial person has hit the taxpayer’s coffers. This time, a guard at Illinois’ St. Clair County juvenile custody center sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy, causing the County to settle …
Son of Illinois Congressman Fired, Charged With Raping Prisoners by On September 10, 2007, the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) fired Jeffery M. Rush, son of U.S. Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D-IL). Jeffrey Rush, 42, who was employed as an assistant supervisor at the Fox Valley Adult Transition Center in …
Illinois Court of Appeals Holds HIV Status Disclosure Order Overbroad by On December 31, 1991, an Illinois court of appeals held that a circuit court’s order disclosing HIV status following mandatory HIV testing of a prisoner who had been convicted of illegally possessing a syringe or hypodermic needle was overbroad. …
$3,175,000 Judgment against Private Health Contractor for Illinois Prisoner’s Stroke by $3,175,000 Judgment against Private Health Contractor for Illinois Prisoner's Stroke On January 26, 2007, an Illinois prisoner who claimed he suffered a stroke due to negligence on the part of Health Professionals, Ltd. a private company that contracts with …
Sheriff May be Liable for Jail Suicide by The decedent was arrested while drunk and promptly hanged himself in a police holding cell. The plaintiffs settled with the city defendants for $11000, leaving the state defendants in the case. The district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to …
Immunity for Warden in Hiring Decision by The defendant warden was entitled to qualified immunity for departing from the usual hiring practice (i.e., preferring in-house candidates to those from other prisons) in filling a lieutenant's position in order to increase the amount of minority representation in such jobs at the …
Chicago Jail Not Liable for Suicide Despite Cell Design by The decedent hanged himself in a police lockup. All the relevant procedures (thorough screening, training of personnel, checking of cells every 15 minutes, removal of obviously dangerous object) were followed. The existence of horizontal bars (from one of which the …
Seventh Circuit Discusses Heck and Court Access Claims by The plaintiff sought damages for defendants' hindrance of his efforts to litigate a state court collateral attack on his conviction. The rule of Heck v. Humphrey, "which forbids a convicted person to seek damages on any theory that implies that his …
