Goldschmidt v. Coco

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BUCKLO, District Judge.

This is a declaratory judgment action brought by plaintiff Jona Goldschmidt (“Goldschmidt”) against the Honorable Gloria G. Coco (“Judge Coco”), a judge in the Circuit Court of Cook-County, Illinois, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2007). Gold-schmidt alleges that a- courtroom policy of Judge Coco that prohibited note-taking and the fact that a purported violation of Judge Coco’s policy caused a courtroom bailiff to seize him violated his First and Fourth Amendment rights. Goldschmidt seeks a declaratory judgement that her policies violate the First…