In Isby v. Brown, No. 15-3334, (7th Cir. May 10, 2017), the Seventh Circuit Appellate Court denied Defendants’ motion to dismiss based on Plaintiff’s failure to inform the district court of his numerous strikes under the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”). In Isby, the plaintiff, a prisoner at the Indiana Department of Corrections, had been…
Read MoreLast month in Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College of Ind., 853 F.3d 339 (7th Cir. 2017), the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, found that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation was a form of sex discrimination prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This is a…
Read MoreMagistrate Judge Eric I. Long in the Central District of Illinois granted summary judgment in favor of a correctional officer and a nurse at the Jerome Combs Detention Center in Kankakee, Illinois in Bello v. Kimery, Case No. 16-CV-2153 (C.D. Ill. April 20, 2017). Plaintiff, a pre-trial detainee with mild epilepsy, had a seizure in…
Read MoreIn 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…
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