Howe v. Godinez

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS JAMES G. HOWE, ) TIMOTHY CHARLES, ) JACOB KALLAL, and ) GEORGE NEEDS, ) ) Case No. 14-cv-844-SMY Plaintiffs, ) ) vs. ) ) LATOYA HUGHES, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER YANDLE, District Judge: Plaintiffs, civil detainees classified as "sexually dangerous persons" under the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act ("SDPA"), 725 ILCS 205/0.1, et seq., confined at Big Muddy Correctional Center (“Big Muddy”), filed the instant action pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 1983

alleging that the treatment program at Big Muddy violates…