WALTERS v. EDGAR

No. 82 C 1920.

973 F.Supp. 793 (1997)

Terrell WALTERS and Joseph Ganci, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Governor James EDGAR, Odie Washington, Keith Cooper, Dwayne A. Clark, Sergio Molina, Glenn Johnson, Thomas Page, Richard Gramley, George De Tella, and Peter E. McElhinney, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

June 27, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Chapman, Fagel & Haber, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff.

Gary Michael Griffin, Cara LeFevour Smith, Illinois Atty. Gen. Office, Chicago, IL, Carol L. O'Brien, Illinois Dept. of Corrections, Chicago, IL, Debra J. Anderson, Office of Special Deputy, Chicago, IL, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BUCKLO, District Judge.

On August 28, 1995, I issued an opinion finding that inmates in segregation at three Illinois maximum security correctional centers, Menard, Joliet and Pontiac prisons, did not have reasonable access to court. I found that plaintiffs had failed to prove that inmates at Dixon Correctional Center did not have access to court. I deferred making findings regarding Stateville Correctional Center until after a supplemental...

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