Legal Opinion
Flowers v. Owens
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 21, 2011No. 09 C 2716PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*220MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JEFFREY COLE, United States Magistrate Judge.
INTRODUCTION AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Mr. Flowers has sued the defendants under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that in May-2007 he was beaten while in custody at the Will County Correctional Facility. The Complaint seeks compensatory and punitive damages for physical injuries and what is laconically described as “emotional[ ]” “suffer[ing].” (Complaint, ¶ 28). Mr. Flowers was seen for a time after the incident by a psychologisVsocial worker. A question arose during discovery regarding the effect of the claim for emotional…
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