Legal Opinion
Hernandez v. Dart
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 26, 2016No. 15-2493PublishedCited by 245 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant, Jose Hernandez, a disabled prisoner, sued Defendants-appel-lees, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart and Cook County (collectively “Defendants”), under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for excessive force and deliberate indifference to his medical needs. These two claims stemmed from his treatment while he was a pre-trial detainee in the custody of the Cook County Department of Corrections (“CCDOC”). The district court granted summary judgment in favor of holding that Hernandez failed to exhaust his administrative remedies, as the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”), 42 U.S.C.…
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