ZENTMYER v. KENDALL COUNTY, ILL.

Nos. 99-1163, 99-1823.

220 F.3d 805 (2000)

Brian ZENTMYER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS, Richard Randall, Sheriff of Kendall County, Deputy Hawkins, Deputy Gawne, Deputy Hetzel, Deputy Flowers, Deputy Pfister, Deputy Walton, Deputy Howe, Deputy Blank and Deputy Klebba, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 13, 2000


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Bryan Sullivan (argued), Lombard, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

George J. Casson (argued), Clifford G. Kosoff, O'Halloran, Kosoff, Geitner & Cook, Northbrook, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before CUDAHY, KANNE and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

While incarcerated as a pretrial detainee at the Kendall County jail, Brian Zentmyer contracted an ear infection that he claims led ultimately to permanent hearing loss in his right ear. Zentmyer brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against his jailers claiming that they violated his Fourteenth Amendment rights and displayed deliberate indifference to his health in treating his infection. Namely, Zentmyer cites the jail deputies' failure...

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