Legal Opinion
Joseph Detomaso v. Kenneth McGinnis Director, Illinois Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 8, 1992No. 91-1976PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Illinois convicted Joseph DeTomaso of burglary and deceptive practices. Approximately two years before he was to be released on parole, DeTomaso asked for transfer to a “community correctional center,” a prison for persons who are locked up at night but allowed to work during the day (hence the appellation “work release”). The warden, and, after multiple levels of administrative review, the director of the Department of Corrections, denied DeTo-maso’s plenitudinous requests, citing his criminal history. He filed this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, contending that…
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