Legal Opinion

Knox v. Kershaw

District Court, C.D. Illinois

Decided December 18, 2020No. 3:20-cv-03206Unknown

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS DAVID KNOX, JR., ) ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) No.: 20-cv-3206-MMM ) . KERSHAW, ) ) Defendant. ) MERIT REVIEW ORDER Plaintiff, currently at the Lawrence Correctional Center and proceeding pro se, pursues a § 1983 action for failure to protect at the Graham Correctional Center (“Graham”). The case is before the Court for a merit review pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. In reviewing the Complaint, the Court accepts the factual allegations as true, liberally construing them in Plaintiff's favor. Turley v. Rednour,

729 F.3d 645, 649-51

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Ashcroft v. IqbalSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  3. Edwards v. BalisokSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  4. Gregory Turley v. Dave RednourCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2013
  5. Michael Alexander v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2013

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