Franco v. Thrush

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ADAM FRANCO, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) Case No. 23-cv-14525 v. ) ) Judge Joan H. Lefkow SYNTYNESE GRAY, CATHY SMITH, and ) CHERRYLE HINTHORNE, ) ) Defendants. OPINION AND ORDER Adam Franco brings this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that individuals employed by the Illinois Department of Corrections, Syntynese Gray, Cathy Smith, and Cherryle Hinthorne, (“IDOC Officials”) violated Franco’s Eighth Amendment rights.1 Franco alleges that IDOC Officials were deliberately indifferent to his complaints that he…