Case: Hart v. Sheahan

1:03-cv-01768 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: March 11, 2003

Closed Date: 2011

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Case Summary

On March 11, 2003, Plaintiffs filed a civil rights action against the superintendent of the Cook County Jail in Chicago ("Jail") and Cook County under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Chicago Division. The controversy arose from a now discontinued practice in the Jail. Once a month, the Jail is locked down--the inmates are kept inside their cells to enable the correctional officers to search for weapons and contraband. The lockdowns occurred on…

Plaintiffs are current and former female pretrial detainees at the Jail who had been subjected to the lockdowns. They complained that Defendants, by exposing them to dangerous and degrading conditions of confinement, are depriving them of their liberty without due process of law and thus violating the Fourteenth Amendment. They sought both an injunction and damages.

On December 18, 2003, the District Court (Judge James B. Zagel) granted Defendants' motion to dismiss. Plaintiffs appealed, and on February 1, 2005, in a published opinion by Judge Richard A. Posner, the Seventh Circuit reversed the District Court's decision and remanded the case. 396 F.3d 887 (2003).

On remand, Defendants filed an updated motion for summary judgment, which the District Court granted in part and denied in part on July 24, 2008. After the completion of discovery, the case went on trial in March 2011. The jury found for the plaintiffs; Judge Zagel denied defedants' request that he overrule or vacate the verdict. Defendants are currently appealing these decisions to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

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1:03-cv-01768	Docket	April 13, 2012	April 13, 2012 Docket
7 1:03-cv-01768	Amended Complaint	April 14, 2003	April 14, 2003 Complaint
12 1:03-cv-01768	Defendant's Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint	May 8, 2003	May 8, 2003 Pleading / Motion / Brief
31 1:03-cv-01768	Plaintiffs' Response to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss	Oct. 2, 2003	Oct. 2, 2003 Pleading / Motion / Brief
35 1:03-cv-01768	Memorandum Order and Opinion Hart v. Shearman	Dec. 18, 2003	Dec. 18, 2003 Order/Opinion
1780567-1 04-01443	Brief of Plaintiffs-Appellants U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit	Sept. 14, 2004	Sept. 14, 2004 Pleading / Motion / Brief
04-01443	Reply Brief of Plaintiffs-Appellants U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit	Sept. 30, 2004	Sept. 30, 2004 Pleading / Motion / Brief
04-01443	7th Circuit Opinion U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit	Feb. 1, 2005	Feb. 1, 2005 Order/Opinion 396 F.3d 887
75 1:03-cv-01768	Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Support of their Motion for Class Certification	July 6, 2005	July 6, 2005 Pleading / Motion / Brief
88-2 1:03-cv-01768	Defendants' Memorandum of Law in Support of their Motion for Summary Judgment	Sept. 13, 2005	Sept. 13, 2005 Pleading / Motion / Brief

Case: Hart v. Sheahan

1:03-cv-01768 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

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