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PRISON CONDITIONS
Money v. Pritzker

1:20-cv-02093 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 2, 2020

Closed Date: July 1, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action brought on behalf of prisoners in the Illinois Department of Corrections seeking various types of relief in light of COVID-19. The plaintiffs alleged that as people in groups who are particularly vulnerable to the virus, they were exposed to a heightened risk of COVID-19. On April 10, the judge denied the plaintiffs' request for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction. The plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on May 20. The parties re…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Shipp v. Gomez

1:22-cv-00888 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Feb. 17, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging the inhumane and unsanitary living conditions in the Illinois Department of Corrections’ Northern Reception and Classification Center (the Center), a facility intended to provide short-term housing for individuals before transferring them to more permanent prison facilities. On February 17, 2022, an incarcerated person filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiff sued the Center’s warden and the Center…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Holmes v. Godinez

1:11-cv-02961 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 4, 2011

Case Ongoing

On May 04, 2011, deaf and hard of hearing prisoners filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against the officials at the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by a group of public and private lawyers, the plaintiffs alleged that, while in IDOC custody, they were denied the assistance they needed to effectively communicate and participate in IDOC programs and services, in violation of the Americans w…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Walters v. Edgar

1:82-cv-01920 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 19, 1982

Closed Date: June 3, 1999

This is a long-running class action brought by people incarcerated in Illinois high-security prisons alleging they were unconstitutionally denied access to the courts in violation of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment. The named plaintiff filed the complaint on April 19, 1982 in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois pro se. The plaintiff later obtained counsel. The case was assigned to Judge James Moran, but was later transferred to Judge Elaine Bucklo. The plaintiff …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Money v. Jeffreys

1:20-cv-02094 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 2, 2020

Closed Date: July 1, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This is a representative habeas action filed by prisoners of the Illinois Department of Corrections, seeking various forms of relief for six subclasses of prisoners in light of COVID-19. The plaintiffs alleged that they were particularly vulnerable to the virus, either due to medical conditions or their age. The petitioners were denied habeas relief on April 10. On July 8, a pro se intervenor filed a motion for emergency relief. On September 25, the parties submitted a status …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Lippert v. Godinez

1:10-cv-04603 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 23, 2010

Case Ongoing

On July 23, 2010, a prisoner at Stateville Correction Center filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiff sued Wexford Health Services and the Illinois Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff, representing himself pro se, asked the court for monetary damages and injunctive relief. The plaintiff claimed that the defendants were deliberately indifferent to his medical needs resulting from Type 1 Diabetes, viola…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Hudson v. Preckwinkle

1:13-cv-08752 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Nov. 24, 2013

Closed Date: 2016

On November 24, 2013, a prisoner detained at Cook County Jail (CCJ) filed a handwritten civil action against Cook County in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiff asked the Court for injunctive and declaratory relief, claiming that violence and the deliberate indifference of staff at the jail deprived him of his rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The case was assigned to the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall, who allowed the indigent plaintiff to pr…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Uptown Tent City Organizers v. City of Chicago Department of Administrative Hearings

1:17-cv-04518 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: March 30, 2017

Case Ongoing

On March 30, 2017, an organization called Tent City Alternative to LSD Viaducts and a community resident activist submitted a Notification of Public Assembly to the City of Chicago Department of Administrative Hearings. They requested a permit to erect tents on behalf of the homeless population, who would be displaced by construction. The City granted a permit as to the location for the duration sought, but without a provision that would allow the erection of tents. On May 17, the plaintiffs re…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Chancy v. Illinois Prisoner Review Board

15-01456 | Illinois state trial court

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2015

Closed Date: 2017

On January 28, 2015, two C-number inmates in Illinois prisons filed this lawsuit as class representatives of all C-number inmates in an Illinois prison who were deprived of their statutory right to have their parole board hearing with a standardized risk assessment tool. The plaintiffs sued the Illinois Prisoner Review Board (“IPRB”) and the Illinois Department of Corrections (“IDOC”) to enforce the Illinois Crime Reduction Act of 2009, Section 15(b) (“Crime Reduction Act”), which said that by …
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
M.H. v. Monreal

1:12-cv-08523 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 23, 2012

Closed Date: 2018

On October 23, 2012, a teenager detained awaiting a parole revocation hearing filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff, represented by the MacArthur Justice Center and Uptown People's Law Center, asked the court for a declaratory judgment that the policies of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board regarding parole revocation hearings were unconstitutional. They also requested that the Court enjoin the defendant fr…