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HENDERSON v. SHEAHAN

No. 98-2964.

196 F.3d 839 (1999)

Ellis HENDERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael F. SHEAHAN and J.W. Fairman, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 16, 1999.

Rehearing Denied February 2, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Brody (argued), Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

David Adelman (argued), Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County, Federal Litigation Division, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before FAIRCHILD, MANION and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Ellis Henderson was a pretrial detainee at the Cook County jail for approximately four-and-one-half years. He entered the jail in January 1990 and, except for a one month period in which he was housed in another facility during his murder trial, remained incarcerated in the jail until he was transferred to an Illinois state prison facility in June 1994. The Defendants in this case are Michael F. Sheahan, Sheriff of Cook County, and...

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