Legal Opinion
Robert Jackson v. Richard J. Elrod
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 7, 1989No. 88-1867PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Robert Jackson was a pretrial detainee in the Cook County Jail for two extended periods totalling 959 days. During that time correctional officials prevented him from receiving hard-bound books, mostly sent directly from the publisher. As a result of that deprivation, and as a result of the failure to notify him of the deprivation, Jackson sought compensatory and punitive damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against various Cook County correctional officials. After the district court ruled that it was unconstitutional to deprive Jackson of his hard-bound books and to not…
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