Ames v. John Baldwin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION THOMAS R. AMES, ) ) Plaintiff, □ ) No. 16 C 9213 v. ) } Chief Judge Rubén Castillo JOEL SHAW et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Thomas Ames (“Plaintiff”), a former inmate! at the Stateville Correctional Center (‘Stateville”), filed this action pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 1983

alleging that Stateville correctional officer Joel Shaw (“Shaw”) and correctional counselor Morgan Hudson (“Hudson”) retaliated against him for engaging in conduct protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. (R. 54,…