Jones, Charles v. Drew, Donna

ORDER

Charles Jones, a prisoner in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) who suffers from bunions, brought suit pro se under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against various doctors and non-medical prison officials. He alleged that they violated the Eighth Amendment for years when they responded to his bunions with only “conservative treatment” rather than alternative treatments, like surgery, which he finally received in 2005. The medical directors at Dixon Correctional Center and Piekneyville Correctional Center, two institutions where Jones claims he received the inadequate…