Johnson v. Tinwalla

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Terry Johnson, the plaintiff, is an inmate of the Rushville Treatment and Detention Facility — “an Illinois state facility for the diagnosis, treatment, and (pending successful treatment) incarceration of persons believed prone to sexual violence.” Hughes v. Scott, 816 F.3d 955, 955 (7th Cir. 2016). The defendant, Dr. Tinwalla, is a psychiatrist, employed by Wexford Health Sources, who works at the Rush-ville facility. The suit charges him with having violated both the plaintiffs constitutional right to due process of law and Illinois law, by causing the plaintiff to…