Schlueter v. Barnhart

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION RICHARD SCHLUETER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 15 C 50024 v. ) ) Judge Sara L. Ellis IMHOTEP CARTER, M.D., ARTHUR FUNK, ) M.D., AVA D. VALDEZ, P.A., BESSIE ) DOMINGUEZ, M.D., JILL WAHL, M.D., and ) WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., ) ) Defendants. ) OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Richard Schlueter, an inmate at Dixon Correctional Center (“Dixon”), filed this lawsuit under

42 U.S.C. § 1983

alleging deliberate indifference to his medical needs. Although Schlueter originally named a host of prison officials, medical professionals, and…