Legal Opinion

Brown v. Haggart

District Court, C.D. Illinois

Decided April 22, 2022No. 2:22-cv-02051Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS LORENZO BROWN, ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) Case No. 22- 2051 ) SHANNON HAGGART, ) Defendant ) MERIT REVIEW ORDER JAMES E. SHADID, U.S. District Judge: This cause is before the Court for merit review of the Plaintiff’s complaint. The Court is required by 28 U.S.C. §1915A to “screen” the Plaintiff’s complaint, and through such process to identify and dismiss any legally insufficient claim, or the entire action if warranted. A claim is legally insufficient if it “(1) is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Kingsley v. HendricksonSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  2. Larry G. Potter v. John W. Clark, Sheriff of the County of Vermilion, State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
  3. Reginald Young v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2019
  4. Kuhn v. Milwaukee CountyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003

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