Eason v. Pritzker

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION HANNIBAL DWAN EASON, ) ) Plaintiff, ) Case No. 18-cv-2553 ) v. ) Hon. Steven C. Seeger ) J.B. PRITZKER, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) _______________________________________) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Hannibal Eason is a partially deaf prisoner incarcerated by the Illinois Department of Corrections. He claims that the Governor and a group of Illinois prison administrators violated his statutory and constitutional rights by failing to accommodate his disability. He lacks hearing aids, sign language…