Legal Opinion
Gloria Ellis v. Michael Sheahan, Sheriff of Cook County
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 17, 2005No. 04-3947PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, a correctional officer employed by the Cook County, Illinois, sheriffs office, was suspended pending termination proceedings before the sheriffs Merit Board. The proceedings had been instituted because of a belief that the plaintiff might have been negligent or otherwise at fault in failing to prevent a prisoner whom she was guarding from committing suicide. Her suspension began on July 24, 1998. Almost two years later, on April 17, 2000, the Merit Board issued its decision, finding that there was misconduct but that the appropriate punishment was not…
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