Roberts v. Dart

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JAMES ROBERTS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) 16 C 5560 ) v. ) Judge John Z. Lee ) THOMAS DART, ) Sheriff of Cook County, ) and COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff James Roberts has been incarcerated in the Residential Treatment Unit at Cook County Jail since 2014. Roberts has difficulty walking and using toilets without grab bars because of a leg amputation in 2013. During his incarceration, Defendants Sheriff Thomas Dart and Cook County have sometimes housed Roberts in a…