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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.

Five days after Carter was booked into the Macon County Jail, he died of diabetic ketoacidosis—a complication of diabetes.

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.

Plaintiffs Wallace and Santos are inmates at Menard Correctional Center in Chester, Illinois.

Uebelacker sent a former coworker private Facebook messages disparaging her bosses.

This case concerns a purported multi-million-dollar contract between two companies that sell and distribute replacement appliance parts.

Smith appeals his sentence of 120 months’ imprisonment for five narcotics and firearms convictions.

ADT installs and services security systems. Before 2020, ADT had separate offices in Rockford, Illinois, and Madison, Wisconsin.

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.

Indiana requires abortion providers to dispose of fetal remains by either burial or cremation.

A jury convicted Cox of sex-torting and exploiting multiple victims, including minors, and receiving child pornography.

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.

Moran was convicted of attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm for a 2006 shooting in Calumet City, Illinois.

Village manager Thomas Barwin resigned under threat of termination two and one-half years before his pension rights vested.

Appellant West was convicted of possessing child pornography and other sexual offenses against children.

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.

Durham filed for disability benefits on September 12, 2017.

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.

Phillip Edward Osborne alleged that Illinois State Police Officer Shawn Myers arrested him without probable cause and therefore violated his civil rights.

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.

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.

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).

Moore was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for multiple drug offenses.

Karrine Milhem applied for Social Security disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income.

Tracie Dickey, the leader of her own church, Deliverance Tabernacle Ministries International, claimed to be a prophet who received commands from God.

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.

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.

Page sued Alliant Credit Union on behalf of herself and other similarly situated customers, alleging that Alliant charged fees in violation of its contract.

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.

Plaintiff-appellant Larry Tate has worked for the Sheriff of Cook County in the Department of Corrections since 2007.