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FORD v. LANE

No. 88 C 7007.

714 F.Supp. 310 (1989)

Arthur B. FORD, Plaintiff, v. Michael P. LANE, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections; Illinois Department of Corrections; J.W. Fairman, Warden, Joliet Correctional Center; Ronald M. Shanskey, Agency Medical Director for Joliet Correctional Center; Illinois Department of Corrections; Clyde Fortenbury, Superintendent of Correctional Industries at Joliet Correctional Center; Michael F. Johnston, Supervisor of "Mattress Factory" at Joliet Correctional Center; and Kathy Harkes, Health Care Administrator at Joliet Correctional Center, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

January 27, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur B. Ford, Joliet Correctional Center, Joliet, Ill., for plaintiff.

Dan Softcheck, Atty. General's Office, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, District Judge:

In this pro se prisoner rights case under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982), plaintiff Arthur Ford has sued the Illinois Department of Corrections ("IDOC") and several correctional officials, asserting that the defendants violated the eighth amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. In essence, Ford claims that his work at the Joliet Correctional Center's mattress factory injured his already...

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