Legal Opinion
Carpenter v. Phillips
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 4, 2011No. 10-3176PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Jermaine Carpenter, a pretrial detainee under the Illinois Sexually Violent Persons Act, 725 ILCS 207/1, appeals the dismissal of his complaint alleging violations under the Constitution and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), Pub.L. No. 104-191,110 Stat. 1936 (1996). We affirm.
Carpenter has been detained at the Rushville Treatment and Detention Center without the benefit of any proceedings since his release from prison. He challenges not his detention, but the stigmatizing effects of the stamp that the facility affixes to his outgoing mail — which…
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