Legal Opinion
HUNT EX REL. CHIOVARI v. Dart
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided December 6, 2010No. 07 C 6003PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JEFFREY COLE, United States Magistrate Judge.
Plaintiffs second amended complaint, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, charges the Sheriff of Cook County with civil rights violations that allegedly led to the death of Thomas Hunt while he was in custody at the Cook County Jail. Count II seeks to hold the Sheriff liable under Monell v. Dep’t of Social Servs. of City of New York, 436 U.S. 658, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978), alleging that the Sheriff is responsible for policies authorizing excessive force and/or deliberate indifference at the jail. Count III is a…
2Cases cited91 opinions
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Daniel v. Cook CountyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2016
- Holland v. Schwan's Home Service, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2013
- Alex Daniel v. Cook County Sheriff's OfficeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2016
- Ebrahime v. DartDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2012
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