Dorsey suffered a back injury while incarcerated. He alleges that his efforts to seek medical treatment were met with resistance from corrections officers, a nurse, and a doctor.
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Case Digests – 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Qualified Immunity
Five days after Carter was booked into the Macon County Jail, he died of diabetic ketoacidosis—a complication of diabetes.
Read More »Employment-11th Amendment Immunity
After the Illinois Department of Transportation (“IDOT”) terminated McHugh’s employment, he sued seven individuals under federal law and sued IDOT under an Illinois statute.
Read More »8th Amendment Violation-“Double-ceiling” Policy
Plaintiffs Wallace and Santos are inmates at Menard Correctional Center in Chester, Illinois.
Read More »Stored Communications Act- Statute of Limitations
Uebelacker sent a former coworker private Facebook messages disparaging her bosses.
Read More »Breach of Contract-Denial to Amend Complaint
This case concerns a purported multi-million-dollar contract between two companies that sell and distribute replacement appliance parts.
Read More »Sentencing
Smith appeals his sentence of 120 months’ imprisonment for five narcotics and firearms convictions.
Read More »Labor Law
ADT installs and services security systems. Before 2020, ADT had separate offices in Rockford, Illinois, and Madison, Wisconsin.
Read More »Reasonable Suspicion – Suppression of Evidence
During a traffic stop, a detective and a police officer worked in tandem to search defendant Colbert’s vehicle and frisk him, uncovering on his person a brick-shaped package later confirmed to contain a controlled substance.
Read More »Constitutional Law-Fetal Remains Disposal
Indiana requires abortion providers to dispose of fetal remains by either burial or cremation.
Read More »Warrantless Search & Seizure-Child Pornography
A jury convicted Cox of sex-torting and exploiting multiple victims, including minors, and receiving child pornography.
Read More »Money Laundering Conspiracy- Law Enforcement Expert Testimony
A jury convicted defendant-appellant Xianbing Gan on three counts of money laundering and one count of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, but acquitted him on one count of participating in a money laundering conspiracy.
Read More »Postconviction Relief-Evidence
Moran was convicted of attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm for a 2006 shooting in Calumet City, Illinois.
Read More »Employment Law-Diversity
Village manager Thomas Barwin resigned under threat of termination two and one-half years before his pension rights vested.
Read More »Admission of Evidence-Child Pornography
Appellant West was convicted of possessing child pornography and other sexual offenses against children.
Read More »Class Action- Illinois Right of Publicity Act
Elizabeth Huston, a Good Housekeeping magazine subscriber, filed a putative class action complaint alleging a media conglomerate, Hearst Communications, Inc., violated her right of publicity by offering to sell and selling mailing lists containing her, and 9.1 million other subscribers’, identifying information.
Read More »Disability Benefits
Durham filed for disability benefits on September 12, 2017.
Read More »Entrapment- Enticement of a minor
Rafael Mercado used an Internet application to meet “Alexis,” a profile operated by a trained FBI agent conducting an undercover investigation of adults with sexual interest in children.
Read More »False Arrest
Phillip Edward Osborne alleged that Illinois State Police Officer Shawn Myers arrested him without probable cause and therefore violated his civil rights.
Read More »Class Action – Certification
Bennett contends that Division 10 of Cook County Jail does not satisfy the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Rehabilitation Act because it lacks the grab bars and other fixtures that disabled inmates may need in order to use showers and toilets safely.
Read More »Reliance on nonprecedential BIA decisions
Dulce Zaragoza, a native and citizen of Mexico and a lawful permanent resident of the United States, pleaded guilty to the Indiana offense of criminal neglect of a dependent after locking her six-year-old son in a closet for six hours.
Read More »Sentencing Guidelines
Ramirez pleaded guilty to possessing with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(B).
Read More »Sufficiency of Evidence – Drug Purity
Moore was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for multiple drug offenses.
Read More »Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits
Karrine Milhem applied for Social Security disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income.
Read More »Criminal Procedure-Restitution
Tracie Dickey, the leader of her own church, Deliverance Tabernacle Ministries International, claimed to be a prophet who received commands from God.
Read More »Compassionate Release-Immunity
Ahamad Atkins, a federal inmate, sued federal judges, the prosecutor, his court-appointed attorneys, a federal court reporter, and the United States for, in his view, mishandling his criminal trial.
Read More »Racial Discrimination – Equal Protection
Dunlevy, a white man who worked as a utility water meter reader for the City of Springfield, sued Mayor James Langfelder and the City for racial discrimination after he was fired for inaccurately reporting homeowners’ water meters.
Read More »Breach-of-contract – Nonsufficient Fund Fee
Page sued Alliant Credit Union on behalf of herself and other similarly situated customers, alleging that Alliant charged fees in violation of its contract.
Read More »Qualified Immunity
Luis Roldan sued several police officers who investigated him for sexual assault. He alleged that the officers failed to disclose an agreement to help the victim apply for an immigration benefit—a U visa—in exchange for her testimony at his criminal trial.
Read More »ADA Violation – Employment Classification
Plaintiff-appellant Larry Tate has worked for the Sheriff of Cook County in the Department of Corrections since 2007.
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