Legal Opinion
Melvin Phillips v. Sheriff of Cook County
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 6, 2016No. 14-3753 & 15-1616PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs Melvin Phillips, Malcolm Patton, Rodell Sanders, and Frank Powicki are current and former detainees of Cook County Jail (the “Jail”). They brought a class action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Cook County, Illinois, and the Sheriff of Cook County (collectively, “Cook County”), claiming that the level of dental care they received at the Jail demonstrated deliberate indifference in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The district court originally certified two classes of plaintiffs under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23. However, the district…
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