SHERMAN WEST COURT v. Arnold

Presiding Justice Cunningham and Justice Harris concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

Plaintiff Sherman West Court seeks judicial review of an administrative decision by defendant Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). The circuit court affirmed the decision of IDPH. We find that IDPH’s decision is not subject to judicial review because it was not a final order under the Administrative Review Law (735 ILCS 5/3—101 et seq. (West 2008)). We vacate the circuit court’s judgment and remand with directions to dismiss the complaint.

BACKGROUND

Defendant Resella Fessenden’s father was a…