In Moore v. Walker et al., a jail inmate alleged that a correctional officer violated his constitutional rights by failing to protect him from an attack by other inmates on August 3, 2015. On defendant’s motion for summary judgment, U.S. District Court Judge Eric Long found that that the inmate failed to exhaust administrative remedies…
Read MoreThe Seventh Circuit Appellate Court reversed dismissal of a deliberate indifference claim. Lula Dixon, mother and administrator of the estate of Kevin Dixon, filed suit following Kevin’s death. Kevin first complained of pain while detained at Cook County’s jail in October 2008. He was seen on December 10, 2008 and received a CT scan the…
Read MoreIn Zaworski v. City of Joliet, the plaintiff, Michael Zaworksi, fell off his bicycle while riding in his residential neighborhood. Zaworski alleged in his Complaint that, on July 23, 2015, his bike hit a small hole, several inches wide and several inches deep, in the roadway and that he was thrown over the handlebars of…
Read MoreIn L.P. v. Marion Catholic High School, the Seventh Circuit considered a discrimination claim filed under Section 1983 by students at Marion Catholic High School. The seven high school student-plaintiffs, six African-American and one white, alleged that their school was conducting improper random drug tests, in violation of the Constitution and federal statutes. Although Marian…
Read MoreIn Key v. Juegens, et al., a jail inmate, Dajuan Key, alleged that defendant correctional officers and a social worker violated his rights based on his living conditions in his cell and their failure to provide him with mental health services while he was on suicide watch for 9 days. U.S. District Court Judge James…
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