Legal Opinion
Roy Fluker v. Kankakee County, Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 20, 2013No. 13-2247PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DURKIN, District Judge.
Riding as a prisoner in the back of a patrol van, Roy Fluker was injured when the van stopped short and he tumbled off his seat. Roy and his wife, Debra Fluker, later filed suit against the County of Kan-kakee, Illinois, and the Kankakee County Sheriffs Office (collectively, the “Defendants”), alleging various injuries resulting from the incident. The Defendants moved for summary judgment after the close of discovery, which the district court granted because Roy failed to exhaust his administrative remedies under the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act (the “PLRA”), 42…
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