BOLDEN v. STROGER

No. 03 C 5617.

306 F.Supp.2d 792 (2004)

Cornell BOLDEN, Keith Jackson, Michael Amato, and Charles Morgan, each individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. John STROGER, President, Cook County Board, in his official capacity, Cook County, Michael Sheahan, Cook County Sheriff, in his official capacity, and Ruth Rothstein, Director, Cook County Department of Health Services, in her official capacity, Defendants.

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

March 3, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Byron L. Mason, Laura J. Miller, Barry Charlton Taylor, Diane L. Redleaf, Lehrer & Redleaf, Chicago, IL, Ira Abraham Burnim, Tamara Lynn Seltzer, Jennifer Mathis, Judge David L. Bazelon, Center for Mental Health Law, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs.

Stephen L. Garcia, Louis R. Hegeman, Cook County State's Attorney, 500 Richard J. Daley Center, Richard Thomas Sikes, Jr., Joseph P. Roddy, Daniel Edward Brown, Freeborn & Peters, Chicago, IL, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BUCKLO, District Judge.

Cornell Bolden, Keith Jackson, Michael Amato, and Charles Morgan ("plaintiffs") bring this suit on behalf of themselves and a class of persons who suffer from mental illness and are confined in the Cook County Jail while awaiting trial. Plaintiffs claim that John Stroger, President of the Cook County Board; Cook County; Michael Sheahan, Cook County...

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