Legal Opinion
Swearnigen-El v. Cook County Sheriff's Department
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 22, 2010No. 09-2709PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Kenneth Swearnigen-El was charged with custodial sexual misconduct while employed as a correctional officer in the Cook County jail’s women’s division and subsequently resigned. 1 After being acquitted of the charge in state court, Swearnigen brought this lawsuit against the Cook County Sheriffs Department, which operates the Cook County Department of Corrections (CCDOC) and Sheriffs Police (CCSP); the County of Cook; the sheriff, Michael Sheahan; two CCDOC directors, Callie Baird and Scott Kurtovich; and the superintendent of the women’s division, Katie Harrison.…
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