Jones v. Board of Trustees of the Police Pension Fund

Plaintiff, Patrick Jones, applied to the Board of Trustees of the Police Pension Fund of the City of Bloomington (Board) for a disability pension pursuant to article III of the Illinois Pension Code (Pension Code) (40 ILCS 5/3 — 101 through 3 — 152 (West 2006)). The Board denied Jones a line-of-duty disability pension but granted him a nonduty disability pension.

In August and October 2006, Jones filed complaints for administrative review naming the Board and members of the Board — Karen Baker, Dan Donath, Charles Crow, Frank Haines, and Curt Oyer — all collectively referred to as “the Board,”…