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ESTATE OF PORTER BY NELSON v. STATE OF ILL.

Nos. 93-2729, 93-2730.

36 F.3d 684 (1994)

The ESTATE OF Leroy PORTER by its administrator Ernest NELSON, Ernest Nelson, individually; Josie May Porter, individually; Robert Jerome Porter, individually; and Mary Louis James, individually, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Illinois Department of Mental Health, Elgin Mental Health Center, Angelo Campagna, and Roalda Alderman, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 28, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Cuba, Law Offices of Sam Cuba, Orland Park, IL (argued), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jerald S. Post, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen., Civ. Appeals Div., (argued), Jeffrey W. Finke, Raleigh & Hartmann, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees.

Before SPROUSE, COFFEY and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, the estate of Leroy Porter and several of Porter's relatives, filed this suit in federal court against the state of Illinois, the Illinois Department of Mental Health, the Elgin Mental Health Center, and three of Elgin's employees—Roalda Alderman, Angelo Campagna, and Frank Lara (in both their individual and official capacities). The suit was brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and alleged violations of the Eighth...

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