Birge v. Venerio

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS BRIAN LEE BIRGE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) Case No. 20-cv-769-RJD ) VENERIO SANTOS, M.D., and ) WEXFORD HEALTH SOURCES, INC., ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER DALY, Magistrate Judge: Plaintiff, an inmate of the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) and formerly incarcerated at Centralia Correctional Center (“Centralia”), filed this suit pursuant to

42 U.S.C. §1983

on August 7, 2020. Doc. 1. Plaintiff alleged that Dr. Venerio Santos was deliberately indifferent to his severe back pain at Centralia, violating Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment rights.

Id.

Plaintiff later…