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DONALD v. COOK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT.

No. 94-3622.

95 F.3d 548 (1996)

James T. DONALD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COOK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 6, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Palmer, May, Oberfell & Lorber, (Maureen Fitzgerald & Ann Marie Niccolai, Law Students, argued), South Bend, IN, for plaintiff-appellant.

Terry L. McDonald, Margaret A. Glass (argued), Office of State's Atty. of Cook County, Fed. Lit. Div., Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, CUDAHY, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal stems from Donald's attempt to recover damages under § 1983 for a heart attack he sustained while incarcerated in the Cook County Department of Corrections in February of 1991. Donald claims that jail officials took his heart medication away from him over his vehement protests. Two days after he alleges that his medication was confiscated, on February 16, 1991, Donald suffered a massive heart attack. He was hospitalized for...

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