McWILLIAMS v. COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

No. 15-1729.

845 F.3d 244 (2017)

Rahim McWILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 5, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rahim McWilliams, Pro Se.

Before Kanne, Williams, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


Rahim McWilliams, who is now incarcerated in the Illinois Department of Corrections, broke a bone in his right hand after slipping and falling on a wet floor while detained at the Cook County jail in Chicago. In this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Illinois law, McWilliams claims that employees at both the county jail and the state Department...

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