Tate v. Dart

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION LARRY TATE, Plaintiff, No. 17-cv-08888 v. Judge John F. Kness THOMAS J. DART, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Defendants (Cook County, its Sheriff, and three county jail administrators) refused to promote Plaintiff (a correctional officer at the jail) to a lieutenant’s position so long as he insisted on avoiding frequent inmate contact and situations with a chance of violence or conflict. Finding Defendants’ position unacceptable, Plaintiff brought this action under the Americans with…