Legal Opinion
Jessie M. Hatch v. Sharon Sharp, Director of Illinois State Lottery, Steve Clark, Kenneth McGinnis and Salvador A. Godinez
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 11, 1990No. 89-2033PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Jessie M. Hatch is an inmate at Menard Correctional Center, Menard, Illinois, and he wants to play the lottery. In February of 1988, Hatch wrote a letter to defendant Sharon Sharp, Director of the Illinois State Lottery, requesting an application to play the lottery by mail subscription. 1 Defendant Steve Clark, who was the supervisor of the licensing/subscription' department of the Illinois State Lottery, denied Hatch’s request on the basis that Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) Rules prohibited inmates from playing games of chance unless approved by the IDOC.
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