Smego v. Mitchell

ORDER

This case is before us for the second time. Richard Smego, a civil detainee at Rushville Treatment and Detention Facility in Illinois, sued the facility’s dentist, Dr. Jacqueline Mitchell, claiming that she was deliberately indifferent to his need for dental care, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. See 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Previously we overturned the grant of summary judgment for Mitchell and remanded for trial. Smego v. Mitchell, 723 F.3d 752 (7th Cir.2013). On remand a jury found in favor of Mitchell, and though Smego argues that defense counsel had prejudiced the jury through…