AUSTIN v. CIVIL SERVICE COM'N

No. 1-91-3852.

617 N.E.2d 349 (1993)

247 Ill. App.3d 399

187 Ill.Dec. 141

Lonnie AUSTIN, Appellant, v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION and Department of Corrections, State of Illinois, Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

May 27, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cornfield & Feldman, Chicago (Richard J. Tupper, of counsel), for appellant.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Sol. Gen., Chicago (Kimberly W. White, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel), for appellees.


Justice HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

On March 5, 1989, Lonnie Austin (Lt. Austin), was a lieutenant in the employ of the Department of Corrections assigned to supervise the inmates in a dining room of the Joliet Correctional Center. In that capacity, Lt. Austin had control over how and when the inmates were fed and was charged with the responsibility of coordinating the movement of the inmates into and out of the dining room.

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