A jury in the Central District of Illinois found in favor of three Kankakee County correctional officers, a corrections corporal, and a nurse in McKinstry v. Austin, et al. Case No. 16-cv-02336 (C.D. Ill. February 14, 2019). Plaintiff, Jamicquin McKinstry a pre-trial detainee at the Jerome Combs Detention Center in Kankakee, Illinois alleged that the…
Read MorePlaintiff Darius Turner submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to the Joliet Police Department seeking records relating to his arrest during the pendency of his criminal proceedings arising from that arrest. Joliet granted his request in part, redacting portions of the records pursuant to certain exemptions under FOIA. Turner filed suit,…
Read MoreStrand v. Minchuk, 908 F.3d 300 (7th Cir. 2018) This case involves the denial of qualified immunity in a police shooting case. According to the plaintiff’s version, which the court accepted for purpose of summary judgment, the plaintiff was unhappy about receiving parking tickets and began taking photos on his cell phone of the area…
Read MorePlaintiff Patrick Dockery filed suit against two City of Joliet police officers after he was tased four times during his booking on charges of trespass and criminal damage to property. Two videos were entered into evidence: the security camera footage from the booking room and the Taser’s camera’s black-and-white footage and audio. Summary judgment was denied…
Read MoreA Livingston County judge has dismissed a wrongful death suit stemming from the 2015 death of a man who drowned after a vehicle he was driving was swept away, overturned and submerged by raging floodwaters near the intersection of county and township roads. His estate claimed that the county, its sheriff and engineers were aware…
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