Legal Opinion
Viero v. Bufano
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided May 15, 1996No. 95 C 2281PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHAD UR, Senior District Judge.
On March 2, 1993 14 year old John Rosario, Jr. (“Rosario”) committed suicide while in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections (“Department”) at its St. Charles Youth Correctional Facility (“St. Charles”). Edith Viero (“Viero”), Rosario’s mother and the Special Administrator of his Estate, has filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 1983”), 1 contending that Rosario’s suicide stemmed from a violation of his constitutional rights by Illinois juvenile court probation officer Diane Búfano (“Búfano”) and by four of…
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