Castaneda v. Dart

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION MAXIMINO ROMAN CASTAÑEDA ) (#Y-29932), ) ) PLAINTIFF, ) CASE NO. 18 CV 3616 ) V. ) ) HON. MARY M. ROWLAND SHERIFF THOMAS DART, ) ) DEFENDANT. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER I. Introduction Plaintiff Maximino Roman Castañeda, currently an Illinois state prisoner, brings this pro se civil rights action purportedly pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims that Defendant Thomas Dart, the Sheriff of Cook County, violated Plaintiff’s constitutional rights by denying him access to the courts when he was a…