Legal Opinion
Hernandez v. Cook County Sheriff's Office
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 24, 2011No. 10-1440PublishedCited by 164 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
The defendants, officers of the Cook County Sheriffs Office (CCSO) and the Sheriffs Office itself, appeal from a denial of summary judgment sought on grounds of qualified immunity. We reverse the denial of summary judgment and remand for reconsideration of the qualified immunity defense.
I. Facts and Procedural History
A. Factual Background
The event immediately precipitating this factually confusing case was a jailbreak at the Abnormal Behavior Observation (ABO) unit of the Cook County jail on February 11, 2006. At approximately 11:30 p.m. on that date, an inmate named…
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