Sistrunk v. Khan

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JEFFREY COLE, United States Magistrate Judge.

The plaintiff, an inmate in the custody of the Cook County Department of Corrections, has brought this pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff claims that the defendant, a jail physician, violated his constitutional rights [and potentially the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101, et seq., and/or the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 701, et seq.] by acting with deliberate indifference to his medical needs. More specifically, the plaintiff alleges that he was denied a wheelchair…