Pitts v. Downey

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS JACOB P. PITTS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) No.: 20-cv-2208-JBM ) KANKAKEE COUNTY SHERIFF ) MICHAEL DOWNEY , et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MERIT REVIEW Plaintiff, currently held at the Stateville Correctional Center, files a claim under 42 U.S.C. §1983, alleging a variety of constitutional violations arising from a state court fitness hearing, as well as claims arising at the Jerome Combs Detention Center (“JCDC”) in Kankakee, Illinois, and the Chester Maximum Security Health Center (“Chester”), in Chester, Illinois. In reviewing the…