Legal Opinion
Askew v. Sheriff of Cook County, Ill.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 18, 2009No. 07-2190PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
In August 2004, appellant Carl Askew was a pretrial detainee at the Cook County Jail. Askew alleges that, during his incarceration, officer Bernardo Lopez threw him to the ground without provocation and, after Askew asked to be transferred to another division in the jail for fear of harm from Lopez and other guards, deliberately left him alone with other inmates who later stabbed him. In August 2006, Askew filed this civil rights lawsuit, alleging excessive force and deliberate indifference claims against Lopez and a municipal liability claim against the Sheriff. The…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Moy v. County of CookIllinois Supreme Court · 1994
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