Hacker v. Dart

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION GERALD HACKER, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) 17 C 4282 ) THOMAS DART, Sheriff of Cook ) Judge John Z. Lee County, Illinois, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Gerald Hacker, an inmate in the Cook County Department of Corrections (“CCDOC”), seeks to represent two classes of deaf or hearing-impaired detainees in an action against Sheriff Thomas Dart under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”),

42 U.S.C. § 12131

et seq., and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act…