DRAKE v. VELASCO

No. 01 C 5585.

207 F.Supp.2d 809 (2002)

Martin DRAKE, Plaintiff, v. Mr. Ernesto VELASCO, Executive Director Cook County Department of Corrections, Dr. McAuley, Medical Director Cook County Department of Corrections, Cermack Hospital, Paramedics, Thomas, Brown and Ambros of Division I, and Aramark Food Services, Defendants.

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

June 14, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Drake, Chicago, IL, Pro se.

Gerard David Kelly, Erin Elaine Kelly, Sheri Anne Malec, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Chicago, IL, Notices to Prisoner Correspondence, for Plaintiff.

John A. Ouska, Cook County State's Attorney, Peter David Zaper, Edward H. Nielsen, Carrie L. Carothers, Pretzel & Stouffer, Chtd., Chicago, IL, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BUCKLO, District Judge.

Martin Drake has been incarcerated at the Cook County Jail ("CCJ") since March of 2001. Am. Compl. ¶ 12. He has been diagnosed with an ulcer, cirrhosis of the liver, and Hepatitis B and C. Am. Compl. ¶ 21. He requires a liver transplant. Am. Compl. ¶ 23. He alleges that Aramark Food Services ("Aramark"), an Illinois corporation, knowingly provides food to CCJ inmates that is prepared...

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