Madison v. Sielaff

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

KIRKLAND, District Judge.

This cause comes before the Court on defendants’ Motion to Dismiss the Com plaint under Rule 12(b)(6), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

Plaintiff is a prisoner confined in the Stateville branch of the Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet, Illinois. He seeks relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 1343 for deprivation, under color of state law, of rights secured by the United States Constitution.

Defendants urge that the complaint does not state a claim upon which relief may…