Butler v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION MIKLE ANTONY BUTLER (# 32419-171), ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 23 C 50125 ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Mikle Butler sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act,

28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671–80, after contracting COVID-19 twice while in federal prison. He alleges that prison officials negligently failed to take adequate health and safety measures that could have prevented his infection. Defendant has moved to dismiss Plaintiff’s…