Chavers v. Calloway
District Court, C.D. Illinois
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS KEVIN CHAVERS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) No.: 19-cv-2315-JBM ) VICTOR CALLOWAY, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MERIT REVIEW ORDER Plaintiff, proceeding pro se and incarcerated at the Danville Correctional Center (“Danville”), pursues a § 1983 action alleging that he has been held too long in custody, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The case is before the Court for a merit review pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. In reviewing the Complaint, the Court accepts the factual allegations as true, liberally construing them in Plaintiff's…
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