Legal Opinion

Blanck v. Cohn

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided April 28, 2003No. 02-1415PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

Dean Blanck sued 29 defendants at three different prisons under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for a bevy of constitutional violations; his claims included allegations that the defendants deprived him of access to medical care, a law library, and the courts, and fired him from his prison jobs in retaliation for asserting his constitutional rights. He asked the district court to appoint counsel to represent him, but the court denied his request. Later the court granted summary judgment to the defendants on all of Blanck’s claims because he failed to identify any evidence that supported his allegations.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Albert Woods v. City of Chicago, Officer Makowski, Chicago Police Officer 16971, Officer Alanis, Chicago Police Officer 5001Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
  2. Marina Zarnes v. Randall Rhodes, Sergeant 402, Officer of the Sheriff's Department, Don M. Lamb, U.S. Marshal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
  3. Christian S. Peters v. Renaissance Hotel Operating Company, Doing Business as Renaissance Chicago Hotel and Marriott International, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
  4. United States v. Christopher J. BittermanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Blanck v. Ind. Dep't of Corr.Indiana Supreme Court · 2005
  2. De v. City of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2012
  3. Patrick v. City of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2016
  4. Blanck v. Ind. Dep't of Corr.Indiana Supreme Court · 2005
  5. Salimi v. Costco Wholesale CorporationDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2021

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