Illinois 1983 Law
<center? Juan Mendez v. City of Chicago, et al.
Chicago, Illinois, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an excessive force civil rights violation theory. This is a tragic case involving a police encounter in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. Officers Christian Szczur and David Cook responded to a notice early one morning that a shot had been fired in the area. While investigating the gunshot, they approached Juan ... More...
$ (12-05-2025 - IL)Andrew D. Coe v. Darrin Atkins, et al.
Chicago, Illinois, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> Andrew Coe sued four correctional officers and a doctor under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging they were deliberately indifferent to his need for high-top shoes to manage his painful foot condition. <br> <br> To walk, Coe uses a cane and wears leg braces. When Coe a... More...
$0 (11-06-2025 - IL)Jeanne Hedgepth v. James A. Briton, et al.
Chicago, Illinois employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful termination claim.<br> <br> Jeanne Hedgepeth, a high<br> school teacher with two suspensions and prior warnings of<br> possible termination, posted inflammatory messages to a Fa-<br> cebook account followed mostly by former students. The<br> posts prompted numerous complaints and media inquiries to<br> the school distr... More...
$0 (08-26-2025 - IL)Donald Gatewood v. John Varga, et al.
Rockford, Illinois civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiff Donald Gatewood, who is incarcerated at Dixon Correctional Center, brings this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of the Eighth Amendment. He claims that Defendants Dr. John O'Brien and Tina O'Brien acted with deliberate indifferen... More...
$0 (12-29-2023 - IL)Scott Ranft v. Melissa Herrera
Rockford, Illinois personal injury lawyer sued the Defendants on 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights theories because of prison conditions in the prison in which the Plaintiff was incarcerated. <br> <br> "Prisoner civil rights law is a complex area of law that protects the rights of people who are incarcerated in prisons and jails. These rights are based on the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,... More...
$0 (11-28-2023 - IL)State of Illinois v. Leroy Orange
Chicago, Illinois defendant charged with murder, arson and robbery.<br> <br> <br> On January 11, 1984, Renee Coleman went to meet Leonard Kidd to ask about using Kidd's combination radio and tape player to exchange for some cocaine. Kidd agreed to the plan, and the Leroy and Coleman then returned to her apartment with the appliance. Michelle Jointer, Ricardo Pedro, and Coleman's son were present a... More...
$0 (12-31-1985 - IL)Edward Higgins and Alexander Garesche v. Village of Lyons, et al.
Chicago, Illinois personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiffs allege that, on August 28, 2021, Village of Lyons Police Officers J. Barajas and P. Frencl, along with unknown other officers, paramedics, and fire department personnel, were investigating a discovery of human remains within the Village of Lyons,... More...
$0 (10-26-2023 - IL)Jane Doe v. Richard MacLeod, et al.
Chicago, Illinois civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiff Jane Doe was an Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) inmate from March 2015 to July 2018 and was housed at Logan Correctional Center from March 2015 to August 2017. In August 2018, Plaintiff filed a Complaint (d/e 1) pursuant... More...
$19000000 (09-27-2023 - IL)James Williams, Jr. v. Carissa Luking, et al.
East St. Louis, Illinois civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants seeking to compel the production of insurance information.<br> <br> <br> On May 5, 2021, Plaintiff James Williams Jr., an IDOC inmate currently incarcerated at Danville Correctional Center, brought this suit against Defendants pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In his Complaint, Plaintiff asserts violatio... More...
$0 (09-15-2023 - IL)Raymond Stinde v. Joshua Schoenbeck, et al.
East St. Louis, Illinois civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on prisoner civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiff Raymond Stinde, an inmate of the Illinois Department of Corrections currently incarcerated at Menard Correctional Center ("Menard"), brings this action for alleged deprivations of his constitutional rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for v... More...
$0 (08-04-2023 - IL)LaShawn Ezell, Larod Styles, Charles Johnson, and Troshawn McCoy v. City of Chicago, et al.
Chicago, Illinois personal injury lawyer sued Defendants on civil rights wrongful death theories.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiffs LaShawn Ezell, Larod Styles, Charles Johnson, and Troshawn McCoy each filed a nearly identical civil rights action1 against the City of Chicago, Cook County, a number of Chicago Police Officers,2 and former Cook County State's Attorney Joseph Alesia. Each asserts claims stemmi... More...
$0 (07-07-2023 - IL)The People of the State of Illinois v. Christopher Abernathy
Following a jury trial, defendant, Christopher Abernathy, was found guilty of the murder, attempted aggravated criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, and armed robbery of Kristina Hickey. Defendant was sentenced to a term of natural life imprisonment for the murder, 30 years' imprisonment for the armed robbery and 30 years' imprisonment for the aggravated criminal sexual assa... More...
$0 (09-20-1989 - IL)Brian Towne v. Karen Donnelly, et al.
Chicago, Illinois personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants for violating his civil rights.<br> <br> Brian Towne, the former State's At-<br> torney for LaSalle County, Illinois, defeated criminal charges<br> against him when an Illinois court ruled that the proceedings,<br> which had idled for about two years, violated his right to a<br> speedy trial. In the wake of that d... More...
$0 (08-11-2022 - IL)Bobbie Jo Scholz v. United States of America
<center><h2><font color="red"> Chicago, IL - Federal Tort Claims Act lawyer represented <br> Plaintiff-Appellant with pointing to government negligence as the cause of the drastic decline in her mental and physical state.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Scholz was honorably discharged following her 2006 to <br> 2008 tour of duty in Iraq for the United States Army, but the <br> mental and phy... More...
$0 (01-10-2022 - IL)DONALD A. MILLER & JOHN W. MCGUIRE v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY & DONALD BONDS
<center><h2><font color="red"> Chicago, IL - Racial Discrimination and Retaliation lawyer represented defendants with alleging racial discrimination and retaliation in violation of federal and Illinois state law.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> After being fired from the Chicago <br> Transit Authority (CTA), Donald A. Miller and John W. <br> McGuire sued their former employer and one of its ... More...
$0 (01-10-2022 - IL)United States of America v. Xavier Elizondo and David Salgado
<center><h2><font color="red"> Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with conspiracy and theft charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <center><b><h3>A. Factual Background</center></b></h3><br> <br> The criminal scheme. Elizondo and Salgado were Chicago <br> Police Department ("CPDâ€) officers assigned to the 10th <br> district team that worked gang and narcotic... More...
$0 (01-10-2022 - IL)United States of America v. Syed Ahmad
<center><h2><font color="red"> Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a possession of more than 100 kilograms of marijuana charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On December 31, 2017, Deputy Derek Suttles of the <br> Morgan County Sheriff's Office was conducting drug interdiction on the interstate near South Jacksonville, Illinois. He<br> saw an RV with a dirty I... More...
$0 (01-10-2022 - IL)United States of America v. Blair Cook
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a <br> being an unlawful user of a controlled substance (marijuana) in possession of a firearm and ammunition charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> A jury convicted Blair Cook of being<br> an unlawful user of a controlled substance (marijuana) in<br> possession of a firearm and ammunition.... More...
$0 (12-12-2021 - IL)Mark Mlsna v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Chicago, IL - Disability lawyer represented Plaintiffâ€Appellant with an Americans with Disability Act claim. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Mark Mlsna has experienced hearing loss since youth. Altâ€<br> hough the precise cause is not known, at an early age he was<br> exposed to loud farming equipment. He began working as a<br> train conduct... More...
$0 (12-10-2021 - IL)Nathson Fields v. City of Chicago
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented Plaintiff-Appellee with asserting claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law against the City of Chicago and individuals including several Chicago police officers as well as two former Cook County prosecutors. He claims they fabricated evidence and withholding exculpatory evidence in a criminal investigat... More...
$0 (12-08-2021 - IL)United States of America v. Edwin Calligan
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with possessing a firearm as a felon, importing a controlled substance and attempting to distribute a controlled substance charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> The mother of Calligan's girlfriend owned the house at isâ€<br> sue and it was located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Jonathan<br> G... More...
$0 (11-15-2021 - IL)United States of America v. Jesus Beltran-Leon
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Chicago, IL- Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Jesus Raul Beltran-Leon ("Beltranâ€)<br> pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with<br> intent to distribute controlled substances, in violation... More...
$0 (11-15-2021 - IL)United States of America v. Elijah Vines
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Chicago, IL- Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with five counts related to sex trafficking of a minor, including: sex trafficking of a child, and sex trafficking of a child and; conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor; and interstate travel in aid of racketeering charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> The evidence at trial demonst... More...
$0 (11-15-2021 - IL)United States of America v. Kyle Matthews
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Chicago, IL- Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with <br> possessing a machine gun, an unregistered silencer, and an unregistered short-barreled rifle charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On Saturday, March 31, 2018, Michael Long—an employee at an auto-parts store in Carlyle, Illinois—overheard <br> his coworker discussing... More...
$0 (11-14-2021 - IL)United States of America v. Richard Grundy, III
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Chicago, IL- Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with four counts of conspiracy to commit murder charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> We provide the basic outline of Grundy's network and the <br> procedural history of this case here, with more specific details <br> as needed for each defendant's appeal. Because the co-conspirators' appeal... More...
$0 (11-14-2021 - IL)United States of America v. Gilberto Vizcarra-Millan
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Chicago, IL- Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with claiming that the district court violated his Sixth Amendment right to counsel by improperly obstructing him from representing himself. He is charged with trafficking hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Richard Grundy III and his network of drug supplier... More...
$0 (11-14-2021 - IL)KEITH SMITH v. CITY OF CHICAGO, et al.
<center><h2><font color="red"> Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with unlawful pretrial detention <br> based on fabricated evidence claim.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In September 2013, Chicago Police Officers Ranita Mitchell <br> and Herman Otero stopped a car in which Keith Smith was a <br> passenger.1 According to Smith, the two officers fabricated a <br> sto... More...
$0 (07-29-2021 - IL)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JACOB K. WESSEL,
<center><h2><font color="red"> Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a being a felon in possession of a firearm charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On August 11, 2016, when Wessel was about 31, someone<br> reported to police that he talked about suicide and stole a car. <br> When police found the car and Wessel, he ran. They cornered <br> him and ordered him ... More...
$0 (07-28-2021 - IL)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. TRAVIS TUGGLE
<center><h2><font color="red"> Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with conspiring to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, at least 50 grams of methamphetamine and at least 500 grams of a mixture containing methamphetamine charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <br> Between 2013 and 2016, several law enforcement agencies <br> investigated a large me... More...
$0 (07-27-2021 - IL)Christopher Coleman v. City of Peoria, Illinois
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/findleyfbspringfield_8416733164112529437_1428954973069.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Almost twentyâ€five years ago, a<br> jury convicted Christopher Coleman of armed robbery, home<br> invasion, residential burglary, and aggravated sexual assault.<br> Three witnesses linked Coleman to the crimes, and their identifications<br> w... More...
$0 (05-24-2019 - IL)United States of America v. Deandre Cherry
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg/200px-Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg"><br> </center><br> Deandre Cherry’s heroin customers<br> had been complaining about the poor quality of his supply,<br> so on a rainy night in May 2012, he drove into a parking lot in<br> Markham, Illinois hoping to exchange his inventory o... More...
$0 (04-08-2019 - IL)United States of America v. Donald Wanjiku
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg/200px-Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg"><br> </center><br> Donald Wanjiku pled guilty to one<br> count of transportation of child pornography in violation of 18<br> U.S.C. § 2252A, but he retained his right to appeal the district<br> court’s denial of his motion to suppress the ... More...
$0 (03-19-2019 - IL)Paul Regains v. City of Chicago
<center><br> <h1><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new">MoreLaw Helps People Find Lawyers</a><br> <font><br> </h1><br> </center><br> The Illinois Sex Offender Registration<br> Act (SORA) requires sex offenders to register with the police.<br> Because he did not have a permanent addr... More...
$0 (03-14-2019 - IL)Anthony Sansone v. Megan J. Brennan
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg/200px-Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg"><br> </center><br> Tony Sansone, who is confined to a wheelchair, needs a parking place with room to deploy his van’s wheelchair ramp. For years, the Postal Service, his employer, provided him one. But in 2011, it took that spot away and fa... More...
$0 (03-07-2019 - IL)Lajim, LLC v. General Electric Company
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg/200px-Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg"><br> </center><br> Plaintiffs-appellants purchased land<br> near a former General Electric Company manufacturing plant<br> that had operated for sixty years; the plant leached toxic<br> chemicals that seeped into the groundwater. The Illinois... More...
$0 (03-05-2019 - IL)Glorida E. McCaleb v. Massac County, Illinois
<center><br> <h1><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new">MoreLaw Helps People Find Lawyers</a><br> <font><br> </h1><br> </center><br> East St. Louis, IL - Glorida E. McCaleb sued Massac County, Illinois, Ted Holder, Patrick Windhorst and Johnathan Beard on personal injury civil right... More...
$1 (02-15-2019 - IL)Vipul B. Patel v. Zillow, Inc.
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg/200px-Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> A Zestimate is an estimated<br> value for real estate, available on the Zillow web site for<br> about 100 million parcels. Zillow generates Zestimates by<br> applying a proprietary algorithm to public data, such as a<b... More...
$0 (02-12-2019 - IL)Maurice Lewis v. City of Chicago, et al.
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg/200px-Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Maurice Lewis spent more than two years in pretrial detention in the Cook County Jail based on police reports falsely implicating him for unlawfully pos-sessing a firearm. After the charges against him were dropped, Le... More...
$0 (01-23-2019 - IL)Dale E. Kleber v. CareFusion Corporation
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg/200px-Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg"><br> </center><br> After Dale Kleber unsuccessfully<br> applied for a job at CareFusion Corporation, he sued for age<br> discrimination on a theory of disparate impact liability. The<br> district court dismissed his claim, concluding that § ... More...
$0 (01-23-2019 - IL)The Church of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ v. City of Markham, Illinois
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/red_thing.jpg?itok=hejB-_CT"><br> </center><br> <br> In the City of Markham, Illinois,<br> 16018 South Spaulding Avenue (the “Property”) is home to<br> The Church of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We use the<br> word “home” literally and figuratively: the church conve... More...
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