Legal Opinion
Cooper v. Office of the Sheriff of Will County
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided August 25, 2004No. 03 C 5064PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
GETTLEMAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff James Cooper, Special Administrator of the Estate of Patrick L. Cooper, deceased, initiated the instant suit against Paul J. Kaupas in his official capacity as Sheriff of Will County, the Office of the Sheriff of Will County, and the County of Will, seeking damages arising from decedent’s death while in custody as a pretrial detainee at the Will County Jail. After this court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss on December 18, 2003, plaintiff filed an amended complaint adding deputies Richard Kowalski, Daniel Tapper, Deputy…
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