SCOTTI v. RUSSELL

No. 00 C 7968.

175 F.Supp.2d 1099 (2001)

Steven SCOTTI, Plaintiff, v. Vernette RUSSELL and Christopher Hughes, Defendants.

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

November 30, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven P. Scotti, Stateville Correctional Center, Joliet, IL, pro se.

Craig S. Mielke, Foote, Meyers, Mielke, Flowers & Solano, Geneva, IL, for plaintiff.

Ronald Anthony Rascia, James Patrick Doran, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CASTILLO, District Judge.

Plaintiff Steven Scotti brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to obtain injunctive relief and monetary damages against two officials at Stateville Correctional Center ("Stateville"), claiming that the conditions of his confinement violated his Eighth Amendment right to adequate shelter. This Court conducted a bench trial on October 29, 2001, and ruled from the bench that Mr. Scotti failed...

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