No CMS Liability for Denying Treatment for Dislocated Shoulder by The plaintiff said he dislocated his previously injured shoulder in his sleep. At 511: "For purposes of this case, it is undisputed that a shoulder dislocation causes great pain and is a serious medical need." The defendants were not deliberately …
Phillips v. Chandler, IL, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2008 Case: 3:07-cv-50063 Document #: 68 Filed: 05/15/08 Page 1 of 17 PageID #:148 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION GEORGE PHILLIPS, Plaintiff, V. ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 3:07-cv-50063 ) NEDRA CHANDLER, KAROLYN SHERIDAN, ) RAJENDER …
Uprising at GEO Group Illinois Jail by On June 1, 2007, forty-six prisoners at the Tri-County Justice and Detention Center in Ullin, Illinois were involved in an hour-long riot. The 226-bed jail is owned by Pulaski County but operated by Florida-based GEO Group, formerly known as Wackenhut. The disturbance began …
$1,000,000 Settlement in Heroin Addict’s Death at Chicago, Illinois, Jail by $1,000,000 Settlement in Heroin Addict's Death at Chicago, Illinois, Jail On April 18, 2007, Cook County, Illinois, and the Cook County Jail agreed to pay a combined $1,000,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging wrongful death of a female heroin …
Cheaper than Chimpanzees: Expanding the Use of Prisoners in Medical Experiments by Greg Dober by Gregory Dober "It is the duty of the doctor to remain the protector of the life and health of that person on whom clinical research is being carried out." Declaration of Helsinki In June 2006, …
USA v. Burge, IL, Indictment, Police Torture, 2008 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) ) ) ) ) v. JON BURGE Violations: Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1512(c)(2) and 1621(1) COUNT ONE The SPECIAL FEBRUARY 2008-2 GRAND JURY charges: 1. …
Parole Officers Must Knock and Announce Before Entering Parolee's Domicile by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's grant of summary judgment, finding that parole officers have a duty to knock and announce themselves before entering a residence in which a parolee is renting a room, and …
Class Status Granted to Illinois Prisoners for Nonconsensual STD Tests by A federal judge in Illinois has granted class action status to a group of Cook County prisoners who were subjected to painful medical tests without their explicit consent. Plaintiffs Robert Jackson, Joseph McGrath and Derrell Smith claimed that during …
IL Warden Properly Fired for Being a Republican by In 2005, Mark Pierson, warden at Pickneyville Correctional Center in Illinois, was fired by the incumbent Governor, Rod Blagojevich, who was a Democrat. Pierson was fired because he was a Republican appointee. Pierson sued for wrongful termination in federal district court. …
Once Court Orders Arrestee Held, Police Have No Duty to Investigate Mistaken Identity by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that once an arrested person has been brought before a court and ordered held, law enforcement has no duty to verify claims of mistaken identity. Chicago police stopped …
Illinois Seizes Prisoner’s Life Insurance Inheritance by Illinois Seizes Prisoner's Life Insurance Inheritance Leonce J. Ruckman, an Illinois state prisoner who has been incarcerated since 1988, received the benefits of his mother?s life insurance policy after she died. He used some of the money to purchase a MetLife annuity with …
Fed Prisoner's Non-Custodial Escape was a Crime of Violence for Sentencing Purposes by Deondery Chambers, a federal prisoner, pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The district court judge found that he had three violent priors and sentenced him to 188 months as an armed career …
Seventh Circuit Rejects Federal Prisoner’s Necessity Defense by Seventh Circuit Rejects Federal Prisoner's Necessity Defense The Seventh Circuit found that a federal prisoner had failed to prove the requisite elements of the "necessity" defense in a prison weapon possession prosecution. In 1992, David Sahakian was sentenced to 360 months in …
Prisoner’s Oral Complaints Worthy of First Amendment Protection; by Prisoner's Oral Complaints Worthy of First Amendment Protection; $1 in Damages and $1.50 in Fees Awarded The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner's oral complaints about matters of "public concern" that are designed to "urge a change …
Former Illinois DOC Director, Former Prisoner Advocate, Others Indicted on Federal Corruption Charges by The former Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) was indicted by a federal grand jury in July 2007 on charges of taking $50,000 in kickbacks from health care vendors that received state prison contracts. …
$4,500 Jury Award in Delayed Medical Treatment of Illinois Prisoner Upheld by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that "verifying medical evidence" to support a prisoner's delayed medical treatment claim can come from the prisoner's medical records and the prisoner. That ruling came in the appeal of prison …
Warrantless Arrest Warrants Prompt Probable Cause Hearing, Abused Innocent Detainee Prevails by Mistakenly accused Chicago resident Joseph Lopez was arrested with probable cause after a witness identified him in a shooting that killed a 12 year old boy. After the actual murderer confessed, Lopez filed suit for constitutional violations. The …
National Conference for Prison Book Projects Held in Urbana-Champaign by Brian Dolinar On November 3, 2007, a conference in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois brought together 88 participants from 29 different prison book projects across the country. A similar event of this kind has not taken place since a 2002 conference in Philadelphia. …
Missing Ramadan Deadline Insufficient Cause to Deny Right to Attend by Bob Williams The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has reversed the dismissal of a prisoner's free exercise of religion claim, finding that missing a sign-up deadline for Ramadan was an insufficient reason to deny a …
Once Court Orders Arrestee Held, Police Have No Duty to Investigate Mistaken Identity by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that once an arrested person has been brought before a court and ordered held, law enforcement has no duty to verify claims of mistaken identity. Chicago police stopped …
